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Social Inequalities in the French Education System : The Joint Effect of Individual and Contextual Factors

Marie Duru-bellat

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Economic growthInequalitymedia_common.quotation_subject[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Education[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationEffet contextuelContext (language use)Academic achievementSchool choiceDecentralizationInégalité socialeEducation050602 political science & public administrationSocial inequalitySociologySocioeconomic statusmedia_common4. Education05 social sciencesSocialization050301 educationSystème éducatif0506 political science8. Economic growthDemographic economicsFrance0503 education

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This paper presents a synthetic picture of social inequalities in pupils' scholastic careers in France. Individual factors such as socio-economic backgroun remain important for both academic results from the beginning of schooling on and option and streaming choices at the secondary level. Moreover, families have unequal resources to manage their children's schooling careers in a system which is becoming more complex and decentralized. This means that contextual factors are also very important. Decentralization has in fact increased the importance of choice of schooling context : the class or the school attented does make a difference and this has the effect of widening social gaps in academic results and socialization. The present trend towards more autonomous schools fosters inequalities resulting from contextual factors but inequalities are also produced by the downgrading of degrees resulting from the fact that employers are requiring ever-higher degrees in a period of job shortage.

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2000-01-01
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03209790