Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy
The development of the equality of educational opportunity between primary and secondary education in Germany and its determinants
The student
performance studies PIRLS and PISA suggest that the equality of educational
opportunity decreases strongly between primary and secondary schooling in
Germany. This project analysed the determinants of the decrease in equality of
educational opportunity and the role of school resources therein. The various
stages in the educational career between primary and secondary education like
the school type recommendation of teachers and the choice of school type by
parents has been examined. The microeconometric results based on large scale
student assessments indicate that a significant part of students hetereogeneity
exists when they enter the primary school. Then inequality increases between primary
and secondary schooling in Germany.
Duration: 01.04.2005 - 31.05.2007
Ammermüller, Andreas and Jörn-Steffen Pischke (2009), Peer effects in European primary schools: Evidence from PIRLS, Journal of Labour Economics 27 (3) , 315-348.
Ammermüller, Andreas (2007), PISA: What Makes the Difference? Explaining the Gap in Test Scores between Finland and Germany, Empirical Economics 33 (2), 263-287.
Ammermüller, Andreas (2007), Poor Background or Low Returns? Why Immigrant Students in Germany Perform so Poorly in PISA, Education Economics 15 (2), 215-230. Download
Ludwig, Volker and Friedhelm Pfeiffer (2006), Abschreibungsraten allgemeiner und beruflicher Ausbildungsinhalte. Empirische Evidenz auf Basis subjektiver Einschätzungen, Journal of Economics and Statistics 226 (3), 260-284.
Landvoigt, Tim, Grit Mühler and Friedhelm Pfeiffer (2007), Duration and Intensity of Kindergarten Attendance and Secondary School Track Choice, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-051, Mannheim. Download
Ammermüller, Andreas (2007), Violence in European Schools: Victimization and Consequences, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-004, Mannheim. Download
Ammermüller, Andreas and Peter Dolton (2006), Pupil-Teacher Gender Interaction Effects on Scholastic Outcomes in England and the USA, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-060, Mannheim. Download
Ammermüller, Andreas and Jörn-Steffen Pischke (2006), Peer Effects in European Primary Schools: Evidence from PIRLS, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-027, Mannheim. Download
Ammermüller, Andreas (2005), Educational Opportunities and the Role of Institutions, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-44, Mannheim. Download
