Family Background and Changing Educational Choices in Denmark: An Application of the Correlated Mare model

Martin D. Munk; James McIntosh

Family Background and Changing Educational Choices in Denmark: An Application of the Correlated Mare model

Martin D. Munk, James McIntosh

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We examine the participation in upper secondary and tertiary education in 1985 and 2005 using a generalization of the famous Mare educational transition model. The large expansion of secondary education in this twenty year period was characterized by a phenomenal increase in the proportion of this age group which obtained a gymnasium qualification. We find that factors not related to the observable characteristics of the household in which the respondent was raised have become more important relative to family background variables for upper secondary school success than they were a generation ago. As a result Denmark has become a more mobile society. This conclusion is based a new mobility index which we have developed to measure the relative dependence of respondent educational success on family background variables.

Original language	Danish
Publication date	23 Aug 2010
Number of pages	27
Publication status	Published - 23 Aug 2010
Event	31st General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth - St. Gallen, Switzerland Duration: 22 Aug 2010 → 28 Aug 2012

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Conference	31st General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	St. Gallen
Period	22/08/2010 → 28/08/2012

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Family Background and Changing Educational Choices in Denmark: An Application of the Correlated Mare model. / Munk, Martin D.; McIntosh, James.
2010. Paper presented at 31st General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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