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| Intergenerational Mobility in Education in Greece: An Exploration into Socioeconomic Determinants of Students’ Performance and Future Career Plans Before, During and After the Crisis |
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Education and the Greek Economy
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Date: 12/04/2023 |
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| Education plays a central role in social mobility. The Greek education system is believed to have for decades functioned as a mechanism of, mainly upward, intergenerational social mobility. Greece exhibits a relatively high rate of intergenerational mobility in education compared to its European peers, defined as the percentage of individuals having achieved a higher level of education than their parents. Despite its relatively good performance, the transmission of social advantage or disadvantage and social inequality persist, as in most countries around the world. Reasons inter alia include the unequal prospects offered by the plethora of tertiary education options in Greece as well as the lengthening of mean academic trajectories. Furthermore, even though university studies are mostly free-of-charge, access is exams-based, which implies that students with unequal performances may have unequal life prospects. This research aims to shed light on:
(i) the role of socioeconomic status and other important factors on the cognitive performance and future plans of Greek high-school students,
(ii) intertemporal trends taking into account the recent economic crisis and,
(iii) possible differences with other EU/OECD countries on the effect of socioeconomic and other drivers on intergenerational educational mobility.
We find large and significant associations between student outcomes and educational resources at home, cultural possession at home, parental emotional support and private school attendance. Parental education and occupation effects are also important but differ by domain and between parents. The association between basic socioeconomic characteristics and adolescent educational performance is significant and rather stable before, during, and after the Greek economic crisis, which points to the need to produce a coherent strategy against educational disparities according to the socioeconomic status.
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