Reproduction of academic and socioeconomic segregation in the transition to postsecondary education: A new approach

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dc.article.number903
dc.contributor.authorKuzmanic, Danilo
dc.contributor.authorValenzuela, Juan Pablo
dc.contributor.authorVillalobos, Cristobal
dc.contributor.authorQuaresma, Maria Luisa
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-01T07:00:17Z
dc.date.available2024-10-01T07:00:17Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractHighly massified and differentiated postsecondary education systems tend to replicate the stratification and social segregation of previous educational levels, thus maintaining social inequity in their access. In this regard, gaps in academic test scores are frequently perceived to be a fundamental transmission channel of socioeconomic segregation from secondary to postsecondary education. Within this framework, the purpose of this study is to analyze whether and to what degree socioeconomic segregation is reproduced in the transition from secondary to postsecondary education and how much of the socioeconomic segregation is related to academic segregation in the latter. Using a modified Dissimilarity Index to quantify the segregation of three Chilean cohorts, we find that, unlike in secondary education, academic performance is more decisive than socioeconomic background in the distribution of students in postsecondary education, with a notable reduction in the socioeconomic segregation levels in the transition to the latter. However, using a pioneering approach, we also find that less than half of the socioeconomic segregation in postsecondary education is related to academic sorting, suggesting that factors other than academic admission criteria are more relevant in explaining unequal distribution of students from different socioeconomic background in postsecondary education.
dc.description.funderHorizon 2020 de investigación e innovación de la Unión Europea
dc.description.funderUnión Europea
dc.description.funderEuropean Research Council
dc.description.funderAgencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo
dc.format.extent10 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.rssm.2022.100711
dc.identifier.eissn1878-5654
dc.identifier.issn0276-5624
dc.identifier.pubmedidMEDLINE:33604430
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS_ID:85202520905
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2022.100711
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/88029
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000829231400001
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Educación; Villalobos Dintrans, Cristobal Alejandro; S/I; 143637
dc.issue.numero2-3
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoSin adjunto
dc.pagina.final140
dc.pagina.inicio131
dc.publisherPolicy Press
dc.relation.ispartofRevista Austral de Ciencias Sociales
dc.revistaRESEARCH IN SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY
dc.rightsregistro bibliográfico
dc.subjectPostsecondary education
dc.subjectSecondary education
dc.subjectSocioeconomic segregation
dc.subjectAcademic segregation
dc.subjectInequity
dc.subject.ods04 Quality education
dc.subject.odspa04 Educación de calidad
dc.titleReproduction of academic and socioeconomic segregation in the transition to postsecondary education: A new approach
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen80
sipa.codpersvinculados143637
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadCarga WOS-SCOPUS;01-10-2024
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