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Importance of social origin for gender differences in educational outcomes
Journal article › Research › Peer reviewed
Publication data
| By | Josefine Lühe, Michael Becker, Marko Neumann, Kai Maaz |
| Original language | German |
| Published in | Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation, 37(4) |
| Pages | 416-436 |
| Editor (Publisher) | Beltz Juventa |
| ISSN | 1436-1957, 0720-4361 |
| Publication status | Published – 2017 |
Gender differences have frequently been reported for educational outcomes. Despite indications that these differences do not occur independently from social background, the reciprocity of effects has so far inadequately been addressed in quantitative research. Drawing on a representative sample of fourth graders in Germany (N = 5240), the study investigates whether gender effects on educational outcomes are moderated by socioeconomic status (SES). According to the findings, the influence of gender varies with the SES in maths achievement and maths grade as well as in the teacher´s recommendation for the academic track at this early point in the children´s biography.
