Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/232805 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14053
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This article investigates the relationships between ethnicity, class, and prospects of educational success. For this purpose, we compared the effects of family socio-economic characteristics on children's educational attainment in four ethno-religious groups in Israel (Muslim, Christian, and Druze Palestinians; Jews). Information from the 1995 census on the households with at least one child born in the cohort of 1975-1985 is matched with Ministry of Education records on all those who achieved matriculation certificates and academic degrees between 1995 and 2012. The results show that the educational outcomes of Christian and Druze children are less dependent on their family characteristics compared to Muslim and Jewish children. We suggest that the disadvantage of Palestinian schools in a Jewish-dominated state is offset by the tougher competition Jewish children from disadvantaged strata face in schools attended by those from affluent strata. Family background is more important for academic degrees than for the matriculation certificate. Furthermore, the education and occupation of mothers and fathers both have an equally important impact on child outcomes.
Subjects: 
ethnic capital
class
inequality
educational attainment
Israel
JEL: 
J15
I24
I26
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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