LIFETRACK

Life-Course Dynamics of Educational Tracking

Countries

Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy

Project Details

LIFETRACK aims to answer the following question: how and why do different educational systems, and in particular their various modes of educational tracking and sorting, influence the formation and reproduction of social inequalities over the life course?

The project considers long-term consequences of tracking for final educational attainment and labour market outcomes. Thereby, it seeks to disentangle the social mechanisms behind inequality formation in general and inequality dynamics with respect to socioeconomic origin in particular.

Project Website

Principal Investigators

Steffen Schindler
Professor, University of Bamberg
Jani Erola
Professor, University of Turku
Corinna Kleinert
Professor, Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
Carlo Barone
Professor, Sciences Po
Vikki Boliver
Professor, University of Durham
David Reimer
Professor, Aarhus University

Recent Publications

Baccalaureate Tracks and Employment at the End of Education: Contribution of the Educational Pathway and Analysis of Gender Gaps

Authors: Estelle Herbaut, Carlo Barone, Louis-André Vallet, | Journal Article

Upper secondary tracks and student competencies: A selection or a causal effect? Evidence from the Italian case

Authors: Moris Triventi, Carlo Barone, Marta Facchini, | Journal Article

Explaining gender segregation in higher education: longitudinal evidence on the French case

Authors: Estelle Herbaut, Carlo Barone, | Journal Article

Does ability grouping affect UK primary school pupils’ enjoyment of Maths and English?

Authors: Vikki Boliver, Queralt Capsada-Munsech, | Journal Article

Long-term labor market returns to upper secondary school track choice: Leveraging idiosyncratic variation in peers’ choices

Authors: Jesper Fels Birkelund, Herman G. van de Werfhorst, | Journal Article

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Research Themes

Stakeholders

Denmark: Ministry of Education Denmark, Danske Gymnasier, Gymnasieskolernes Lærerforening, Uddannelsesforbundet, UU Danmark, Danske Gymnasieelevers Sammenslutning.

France: Ministry of Education (Evaluation division), General inspectorate of the education system.

Germany: Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Kultusministerkonferenz (KMK, The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder), Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA, Federal Employment Agency), Bundeselternrat (BER, Organization of the State Parent Associations).

United Kingdom:Department for Education (UK government department), Office for Students, Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), Comprehensive Future.