Explaining the SES school completion gap

Polidano, Cain

Explaining the SES school completion gap

Relatively low rates of school completion among students from low socio-economic (SES) backgrounds is a key transmission mechanism for the persistence of intergenerational inequality. Using a rich dataset that links data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) with data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY), [the authors] use a decomposition framework to explain the gap in school completion between low and medium SES and between low and high SES. The two most important factors found to explain the gap are lower educational aspirations of low SES studen ... Show more

Authors: Polidano, Cain; Hanel, Barbara; Buddelmeyer, Hielke

Published: Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 2012

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 35 p.

Access item: https://melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/publications/working-papers/search/result?paper=2156427

Also called: Explaining the socio-economic status school completion gap

ISBN: 9780734042767

ISSN: 1328-4991; 1447-5863 (online)

Series: Melbourne Institute working paper; no. 16/12

Notes: On title page: This research was partly funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) under the Social Policy Research Services Agreement (2005-12) with the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Document number: TD/TNC 118.806

Subjects: Equity Outcomes Secondary education Participation Numeracy Literacy Youth

Keywords: Socioeconomic background Completion Aspirations Youth at risk

Geographic subjects: Australia Oceania

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