Social Inequalities and Europeans Who Leave School Early

One of the primary goals of educational policy throughout Europe is the reduction in numbers of students who quit the educational system before obtaining a high school qualification. In their article in the most recent edition of European Education: Issues and Studies, Jeroen Lavrijsen and Ides Nicaise from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven note previous research showing that younth from disadvantaged families face relatively high risks of school dropout. Using date from the 2009 ad hoc module of the Labour Force Survey they explore the way that macro-level determinants influence school dropout risks among different social groups. Their findings indicate that both the design of the educational system (in areas such as tracking age and extent of vocational education) and characteristics of the socioeconomic context (such as poverty rate and unemployment patterns) have an impact on the social distribution of school dropout risk. If you would like to read this entire paper or any other content from our journal, you can find out more about subscriptions at this page.

Table of Contents Volume 46 Number 1 (Spring 2014)

Special Issue: Neo-Empires of Knowledge in Education 

Guest Editors' Introduction
(Re)reading Europe and the World: An Initial Note on Neo-Empires of Knowledge in Education
Eleftherios Klerides, Hans-Georg Kotthoff & Miguel Pereyrapages
DOI:10.2753/EUE1056-4934460100

Educational Transfer as a Strategy for Remaking Subjectivities Transnational and National Articulations of "New History" in Europe
Eleftherios Kleridespages
DOI:10.2753/EUE1056-4934460101

Adult Education/Lifelong Learning Policies in Greece in the Early 2010s: Influences from European Education Policy and National Practices
Eleni Prokoupages
DOI:10.2753/EUE1056-4934460102

Enabling the Use of Research Evidence Within Educational Policymaking in Europe: Lessons from the EIPEE Project
Janice Tripney, Caroline Kenny & David Goughpages
DOI:10.2753/EUE1056-4934460103

Replacing Old Spatial Empires of the Mind: Rethinking Space and Place Through Network Spatiality
Jason Beech & Marianne A. Larsen
DOI:10.2753/EUE1056-4934460104

Book Reviews
DOI:10.2753/EUE1056-4934460105