Towards a more inclusive social Europe: early-life conditions and educational attainment
According to a recent Eurobarometer, childhood circumstances have vastly improved throughout birth cohorts but yet vary greatly between EU countries.
Childhood circumstances are key to explain tertiary educational attainment with parental education having the highest influence.
Pre-school attendance is a significant driver of tertiary attainment, even after accounting for the home environment during childhood.
Northern and Southern European countries exhibit respectively the lowest and highest levels of inequality of opportunities in tertiary education.
Inequality of opportunities have decreased over time with the largest drop observed where it was initially highest, i.e, in Southern Europe.
Berlingieri, F., Casabianca, E., Colagrossi, M., D`hombres, B., Kovacic, M., Mauri, C., Nurminen, M., Schnepf, S.V. and Stepanova, E., Towards a more inclusive social Europe: early-life conditions and educational attainment, European Commission, Ispra, 2023, JRC134845.
2023-11-13
European Commission
JRC134845
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| ENG | Berlingieri, F., Casabianca, E., Colagrossi, M., D`hombres, B., Kovacic, M., Mauri, C., Nurminen, M., Schnepf, S.V. and Stepanova, E., Towards a more inclusive social Europe: early-life conditions and educational attainment, European Commission, Ispra, 2023, JRC134845. |
Towards a more inclusive social Europe: early-life conditions and educational attainment
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