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Database with updated and expanded measurements of educational system characteristics
No full textDatabase with updated and expanded measurements of educational system characteristics. Database contains secondary statistics mainly from Eurostat but also other sources (e.g. OECD; World Bank; UNESCO etc.). It contains data on more than 130 educational, economic and social statistical indicators for the period from 2000 to 2018. Most of the statistical indicators are provided for all European Union Member States and the EU as a whole. The indicators are grouped within 21 themes (e.g. economic climate, unemployment rates, NEET rates, educational attainment etc.
Ethnic inequalities in education: second generation Russians in Estonia
No full textInternational audienceThis paper investigates ethnic educational inequality in Estonia focusing on second generation Russians. In Estonia, contrary to many other European countries, the overall educational attainment of second generation immigrants has, compared to their parents, diverged from the educational attainment of the native population. Our results from logistic regression analysis indicate that the odds of Russians continuing in general secondary and higher education are lower compared to native Estonians. Parental economic, cultural and host country specific resources do not account for ethnic differences in educational transition. Adolescents' own language proficiency and citizenship have a strong impact on educational decisions. We conclude that the Estonian education system contributes to the emergence of ethnic differences. While basic and secondary schools function in either the Estonian or Russian languages, the curricula in public higher education institutions are taught mainly in Estonian, which might lower expectations of success amongst Russian adolescents
Change and Continuity: Adaption of Persons Working in the Secondary Sector During the Period of Socio-Economic Reforms in the 1990s in Estonia
No full textThe aim of this paper is to analyse the interrelationship between the structural changes and personal destinies of people who worked in the secondary sector at the beginning of the transition period. The focal question is whether structural and institutional changes were brought about by a minimum of adaptations and fluctuations or a by maximum of turbulence and mobility. The paper is based on indepth interviews conducted in 2003 and 2004 with people who graduated from secondary educational institutions in 1983 and belong to the so-called ‘winners’ cohort. One of the pivotal results of the analysis is that when companies were winding down and being reorganised, it launched processes of intercompany workers’ displacement and lead to their imminent unemployment. Individuals changed their plans and behaviour because they had to adapt. Opportunities proved to be less a matter of individual control and planning, than of unfavourable structural conditions. A work place in the secondary sector often worked as a ‘push’ factor for mobility during the reforms, as massive layoffs and restructuring in the economy did not leave any other choices for people than to start looking for new possibilities. In spite of some attempts to set up businesses, the majority of former industrial workers belong to the same occupational group and are working in the same sector, even 15 years after the reforms. This means that the relative occupational ranking of the workers remained the same despite the change in the political and social order
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