Benita Combet|Daniel Oesch
The social-origin gap in university graduation by gender and immigrant status: a cohort analysis for Switzerland
University of Lausanne|Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München|University of Konstanz|University of Lausanne|Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München|University of Konstanz
large literature shows families resources able provide better learning environments make ambitious educational choices children end compulsory education result socialorigin gap schooltrack attendance learning outcomes paper analyses whether gap widens thereafter children comparable school achievement whether gap varies gender migrant status examine graduation rates higher education combining cohort study switzerland reweighting method match students school track grades reading literacy place residence end compulsory school one observed feature sets apart parents socioeconomic status analysing graduation rates 14 years later age 30 find large socialorigin gap rate university completion age 30 20 percentage points higher among students highest socioeconomic status quartile among students lowest quartile even though school abilities comparable age 16 gap appears somewhat smaller among women men among natives migrants differences statistically significant men women migrants natives alike abundant parental resources strongly increase likelihood university graduation switzerland