Boudon: Why Education in Germany is Unfair
In this video, I explain Raymond Boudon's model of primary and secondary origin effects, which was later expanded by Hartmut Esser to include tertiary effects. This model helps us understand how educational inequalities based on social background arise through family support, decisions, and teachers.
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00:00 | Initial Problem
00:38 | How large are social educational inequalities?
01:39 | Primary Effects of Social Background
02:39 | Secondary Effects of Social Background
03:41 | Primary vs. Secondary Effects
04:07 | Tertiary Effects
05:43 | Conclusion
▬▬ 📖 Sources ▬▬
✅ Source 1: Meyer-Guckel, V.; Klier, J.; Kirchherr, J.; Suessenbach, F. (2021). From Working-Class Child to Doctorate: The Obstacle Course in Education for First-Year Students. Discussion Paper 2. Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft e.V.
✅ Boudon, R. (1974). Education, Opportunity, and Social Inequality: Changing Prospects in Western Society. New York: Wiley.
✅ Blossfeld, H., Blossfeld, G. J. & Blossfeld, P. N. (2019). Social Inequalities and Educational Decisions Across the Life Course. The perspective of the sociology of education. Journal for Educational Research Online, 11(1), 16–30. https://doi.org/10.25656/01:16785
✅ Ditton, H. (2010). School careers and social origin: A question of achievement or discrimination? In S. Aufenanger, F. Hamburger, L. Ludwig & R. Tippelt (Eds.),
Education in democracy (pp. 79–99). Opladen: Budrich.
✅ Esser, H. (2016). Education systems and ethnic educational inequalities. In C. Diehl,
C. Hunkler & C. Kristen (Eds.), Ethnic inequalities in educational trajectories
(pp. 331–396). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
✅ Maaz, K., Baumert, J., & Trautwein, U. (2009). The genesis of social inequality in the institutional context of schools: Where does social inequality arise and increase? In J. Baumert, K. Maaz & U. Trautwein (Eds.), Educational Decisions (Journal for Educational Science, Special Issue 12) (pp. 11–46). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
✅ Neugebauer, M. (2010). Educational inequality based on primary school recommendations during the transition to secondary school: A decomposition of primary and secondary effects of social origin. Journal of Sociology, 39(3), 202–214.
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✅ I have a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Philosophy and a Master's degree in Sociology. I am currently writing my doctoral dissertation in Sociology.
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