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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Main Authors: Põder, K, Lauri, T, Ivaniushina, V, Alexandrov, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: School of Governance Law and Society and Institute of International Social Studies, Tallinn University. 2016
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Lauri, T
Ivaniushina, V
Alexandrov, D
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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 differ 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 effect 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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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
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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
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