Family Background and School Choice in Cities of Russia and Estonia: Selective Agenda of the Soviet Past and Present
In this article, we demonstrate the size of family background effects in various regions of Russia and Estonia, concentrating on urban and rural differences, addressing the idea that the family background effect is moderated by school level admission policies. Having common path-dependent educationa...
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| author | Kaire Põder Triin Lauri Valeria Ivaniushina Daniel Alexandrov |
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| description | In this article, we demonstrate the size of family background effects in various regions of Russia and Estonia, concentrating on urban and rural differences, addressing the idea that the family background effect is moderated by school level admission policies. Having common path-dependent educational institutions from the communist period, the countries diff er in both the extensiveness of the welfare state and system level school choice policies. However, we see many commonalities in both systems, especially at the urban school level. The family background effect is defined as the dependence of student achievement on family background characteristics, such as parental education, income and social status. In operationalising family background, the number of books at home and parental education are used as proxies, and its eff ect is measured as a percentage of the individual level PISA 2012 score. We contribute to the literature by studying school choice, its key characteristics and moderating effects by school level admission policy in an urban environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f24d9b6194484a1ca064d5ed1c0b0a1e2022-12-22T00:11:18ZengTallinn UniversityStudies of Transition States and Societies1736-87581736-87582016-12-0183528Family Background and School Choice in Cities of Russia and Estonia: Selective Agenda of the Soviet Past and PresentKaire Põder Triin LauriValeria IvaniushinaDaniel AlexandrovIn this article, we demonstrate the size of family background effects in various regions of Russia and Estonia, concentrating on urban and rural differences, addressing the idea that the family background effect is moderated by school level admission policies. Having common path-dependent educational institutions from the communist period, the countries diff er in both the extensiveness of the welfare state and system level school choice policies. However, we see many commonalities in both systems, especially at the urban school level. The family background effect is defined as the dependence of student achievement on family background characteristics, such as parental education, income and social status. In operationalising family background, the number of books at home and parental education are used as proxies, and its eff ect is measured as a percentage of the individual level PISA 2012 score. We contribute to the literature by studying school choice, its key characteristics and moderating effects by school level admission policy in an urban environment.http://publications.tlu.ee/index.php/stss/article/view/292/386PISA dataschool choiceadmission policyeducation policyEstoniaRussia |
| spellingShingle | Kaire Põder Triin Lauri Valeria Ivaniushina Daniel Alexandrov Family Background and School Choice in Cities of Russia and Estonia: Selective Agenda of the Soviet Past and Present Studies of Transition States and Societies PISA data school choice admission policy education policy Estonia Russia |
| title | Family Background and School Choice in Cities of Russia and Estonia: Selective Agenda of the Soviet Past and Present |
| title_full | Family Background and School Choice in Cities of Russia and Estonia: Selective Agenda of the Soviet Past and Present |
| title_fullStr | Family Background and School Choice in Cities of Russia and Estonia: Selective Agenda of the Soviet Past and Present |
| title_full_unstemmed | Family Background and School Choice in Cities of Russia and Estonia: Selective Agenda of the Soviet Past and Present |
| title_short | Family Background and School Choice in Cities of Russia and Estonia: Selective Agenda of the Soviet Past and Present |
| title_sort | family background and school choice in cities of russia and estonia selective agenda of the soviet past and present |
| topic | PISA data school choice admission policy education policy Estonia Russia |
| url | http://publications.tlu.ee/index.php/stss/article/view/292/386 |
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