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Private schooling, educational transitions, and early labour market outcomes: Evidence from three Anglophone countries
Jerrim, John Parker, Phillip D. Chmielewski, Anna K. Anders, Jake
Jerrim, John
Parker, Phillip D.
Chmielewski, Anna K.
Anders, Jake
Abstract
This article considers the extent to which private-state school differences in post-secondary outcomes can be explained by family background, secondary school achievement, or neither of the above. We find that privately educated children’s more advantaged family backgrounds and higher levels of school achievement are the main reasons why this group is more likely to enter university and work in professional jobs. However, even after accounting for family background and high school achievement, non-trivial private-state school differences in later lifetime outcomes remain. Empirical evidence is presented for three industrialized nations (Australia, England, and the United States), with broadly similar patterns of association observed within each.
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Date
2016
Type
Journal article
Journal
European Sociological Review
Book
Volume
32
Issue
2
Page Range
280-294
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ACU Department
School of Behavioural and Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Open Access Status
Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
License
CC BY 4.0
File Access
Open
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© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.