Contini, Dalit; Riehl, Annette; Scagni, Andrea - Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università degli Studi di Torino - 2007
The aim of our work is to measure the impact of social origins on the choice of the academic track in order to allow for consistent cross-country comparisons. We analyze Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany, employing the data from PISA 2003. A substantive problem is that a good measure of...