Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20550 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1284
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most equitable performance for students from different family backgrounds, and Britain and Germany the least. Equality of opportunities is unrelated to countries? mean performance. Quantile regressions show little variation in family-background effects across the ability distribution in most countries.
Subjects: 
equality of opportunity
student performance
family background
TIMSS
equity-efficiency tradeoff
intergenerational mobility
JEL: 
J62
I21
H52
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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