Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76633 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1162
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
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: 
education
equality of opportunity
student performance
family background
TIMSS
equity-efficiency tradeoff
intergenerational mobility
JEL: 
H52
I21
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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