Dániel Horn
Diverging performances: the detrimental effects of early educational selection on equality of opportunity in Hungary
European University Institute
hungarian system ideal test effect earlyselection inequality opportunity since students selected three different ages earlyselective academic tracks skim best students first age 10 age 12 finally age 14 students enter secondary level paper first shows higher socioeconomic status students likely attend earlyselective academic tracks even previous test scores controlled second part empirical analysis looks valueadded separate tracks 6th 8th grade 8th 10th grade shows mathematical reading performance diverges even skill status selection taken account since higher socioeconomic status students likely attend academic tracks lower status peers divergence test scores translates increasing inequality opportunity section 3 empirics looks whether process pareto improvement whether groups society lose earlyselection shown left general schools areas best students optout earlyselective tracks perform worse mathematics similar students general tracks option leaving selection harms left behind paper speculates results due different peer teacher quality different tracks