This chapter contributes to research on the impact of centre-based care on child outcomes by comparing cognitive competencies of preschoolers in East and West Germany. While previous research was discussing differences in childcare arrangements across East and West Germany in terms of fertility, potential consequences for children’s development were largely ignored. Exploiting data from the German National Educational Panel Study, I am analysing (1) enrolment to centre-based child care and (2) its consequences for cognitive abilities of preschoolers at around age five in East and West Germany. The expectation that higher provision of centre-based child care in East Germany may give East German children a lead in early abilities found limited support. While previous assessments in school age consistently documented achievement gaps between East and West German children, my study provides hints that one cause may be the systematically earlier entrance to institutional care in East Germany. I conclude with several implications for further research and policy makers.
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Jan Skopek
Monograph Chapter
In Childcare, Early Education and Social Inequality
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Nevena Kulic, Jan Skopek and Moris Triventi
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- 28 April 2017
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2017
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi and Sandra Buchholz
Monograph Chapter
In Gender, Education and Employment
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi and Sandra Buchholz
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- 30 Oct 2015
Collection:
Social And Political Science 2015
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi and Sandra Buchholz
Monograph Chapter
In Gender, Education and Employment
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi and Sandra Buchholz
- Published in print:
- 30 Oct 2015
Collection:
Social And Political Science 2015
Sandra Buchholz, Jan Skopek and Hans-Peter Blossfeld
Monograph Chapter
In Gender, Education and Employment
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi and Sandra Buchholz
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- 30 Oct 2015
Collection:
Social And Political Science 2015
Gender, Education and Employment
An International Comparison of School-to-Work Transitions
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi and Sandra Buchholz
For much of the twentieth century, women lagged considerably behind men in their educational attainment. However, in recent decades, young women have become an important source of human capital for labor markets in modern societies, as well as potential competitors to the male workforce. This book asks whether or not women have been able to convert their educational success into gains on the labor market
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Jan Skopek and Moris Triventi
Monograph Chapter
In Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Jan Skopek and Moris Triventi
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- 25 November 2016
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2016
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Jan Skopek and Moris Triventi
Monograph Chapter
In Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Jan Skopek and Moris Triventi
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- 25 November 2016
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2016
Moris Triventi, Nevena Kulic, Jan Skopek and Hans-Peter Blossfeld
Monograph Chapter
In Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Jan Skopek and Moris Triventi
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- 25 November 2016
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2016
Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality
An International Comparison
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Jan Skopek and Moris Triventi
From an international comparative perspective, this third book in the prestigious eduLIFE Lifelong Learning series provides a thorough investigation into how social inequalities arise during individuals’ secondary schooling careers. Paying particular attention to the role of social origin and prior performance, it focuses on tracking and differentiation in secondary schooling examining the short- and long-term effects on inequality of opportunities. It looks at ways in which differentiation in secondary education might produce and reproduce social inequalities in educational opportunities and educational attainment. The international perspective allows illuminating comparison in light of the different models, rules and procedures that regulate admission selection and learning in different countries.
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Nevena Kulic, Jan Skopek and Moris Triventi
Monograph Chapter
In Childcare, Early Education and Social Inequality
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Nevena Kulic, Jan Skopek and Moris Triventi
- Published:
- 28 April 2017
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2017
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