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Track choice and socio-economic origin: measuring and explaining academic inhibition

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  • Elise Huillery

    (Département d'économie)

  • Nina Guyon

    (National University of Singapore (NUS))

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Les élèves d’origine sociale modeste aspirent à des filières académiques moins sélectives que leurs pairs de même niveau scolaire mais d’origine sociale favorisée. Plusieurs raisons sont mises à jour : premièrement, les élèves d’origine modeste sous­-estiment leurs capacités scolaires actuelles par rapport aux élèves d’origine favorisée ; ensuite, ils anticipent une forte différence dans leurs chances de succès dans le futur ; en outre, ils ont tendance à se conformer à leurs pairs. Par ailleurs, l’action des parents et des enseignants dans le processus d’orientation tend à accroître ces inégalités d’aspirations pour les élèves faibles, tandis qu’elle réduit ces inégalités pour les élèves au-­dessus de la médiane. Ces résultats permettent de proposer des pistes d’interventions permettant de réduire les inégalités sociales d’aspirations scolaires.

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  • Elise Huillery & Nina Guyon, 2016. "Track choice and socio-economic origin: measuring and explaining academic inhibition," Sciences Po publications info:hdl:2441/1fi14mufq28, Sciences Po.
    • Handle: RePEc:spo:wpmain:info:hdl:2441/1fi14mufq28kuqlqojui36ip9a
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