Education Systems and Inequalities

Andreas Hadjar is a full professor of Sociology of Education in the Institute of Education and Society at the University of Luxembourg. Christiane Gross is a senior researcher in the Institute of Sociology at the University of Hanover, Germany.

• Introduction: Education systems and educational inequalities ~ Andreas Hadjar and Christiane Gross;Theorising the impact of education systems on educational inequalities ~ Christiane gross, Heinz-Dieter Meyer and Andreas Hadjar;Comparing policies in a globalising world: methodological reflections ~ Susan Robertson and Roger Dale;Education systems and intersectionality ~ Christiane Gross, Anja Gottburgsen and Ann Phoenix;Measuring educational institutional diversity: External differentiation, vocational orientation and standardisation ~ Thijs Bol and Herman G. Van De Werfhorst;Sorting and (much) more: Prior ability, school-effects and the impact of ability tracking on educational inequalities in achievement ~ Hartmut Esser;Data analysis techniques to model the effects of education systems on educational inequalities ~ Christiane Gross;Education systems and inequality based on social origins: The impact of school expansion and design~ Gabriele Ballarino, Fabrizio Bernardi and Nazareno Panichella;Education systems and gender inequalities in educational attainment ~ Andreas Hadjar and Claudia Buchmann;Tracking, schools’ entrance requirements and the educational performance of migrant students ~ Jaap Dronkers and Roxanne A. Korthals;From exclusion and segregation to inclusion? Dis/ability and inequalities in the education systems of Germany and Nigeria ~ Julia Biermann and Justin J.W. Powell;Education systems and meritocracy: Social origin, educational and status attainment ~ Andreas Hadjar and Rolf Becker;Education systems and gender inequalities in educational returns ~ Concetta Mendolicchio;Education systems and migrant-specific labour market returns ~ Irena Kogan;Health returns to education and educational systems ~ Johann Carstensen and Monika Jungbauer-Gans;Good and bad education systems: Is there an ideal one? ~ Jutta Allmendinger;Conclusions and summary ~ Christiane Gross and Andreas Hadjar.

"A standout volume for critical discussion of education systems and inequalities that helps move the debate decisively from outlining a general problem to refined analysis, highlighting what needs to be done where." Elaine Unterhalter, UCL Institute of Education