The gender-gap reversal in tertiary education and its
implications for inequality of educational opportunity in
European countries

J 2024

The gender-gap reversal in tertiary education and its implications for inequality of educational opportunity in European countries

KATRŇÁK, Tomáš

Basic information

Original name

The gender-gap reversal in tertiary education and its implications for inequality of educational opportunity in European countries

Authors

KATRŇÁK, Tomáš

Edition

SOCIOLOGICKY CASOPIS-CZECH SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW, CZECH REPUBLIC, SOCIOLOGICKY CASOPIS, 2024, 0038-0288

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50401 Sociology

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.400 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.13060/csr.2024.008

Keywords (in Czech)

převracení genderové mezery; vzdělanostní expanze; nerovnost ve vzdělanostních příležitostech; Evropské země

Keywords in English

gender-gap reversal; educational expansion; inequality of educational opportunity; European countries

Abstract

V originále

Tertiary education has expanded in European countries since 2000. One consequence of this expansion is the growth of the gender-gap reversal (GGR), in which proportion of women in tertiary education is increasing faster than that of men. This article deals with the historically new gender arrangement of tertiary education. It answers the question of whether GGR, as part of educational expansion, means different gender trends in inequality of educational opportunity (IEO) by educational origin in the tertiary education transition. The author analyzed European Social Survey (ESS) data on the 25–34 age group from 20 European countries over five rounds (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018). A three-level (random) binary logistic regression model was used to cover individual variables by period by country. The results show that the recent educational expansion has slightly weakened the IEO in tertiary education transition and that it is significantly different for men and women. Gender is important in IEO in a time of GGR. The author discusses what the empirical results mean for the theory of maximally maintained inequality (MMI), which is used in social stratification research as a general explanation for persistent inequality in a time of educational expansion.

Links

GA22-33722S, research and development project

Name: Vývoj sociální mobility v zemích Střední a Východní Evropy od 70. let 20. století do současnosti: princip dynamické rovnováhy?

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

KATRŇÁK, Tomáš. The gender-gap reversal in tertiary education and its implications for inequality of educational opportunity in European countries. SOCIOLOGICKY CASOPIS-CZECH SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW. CZECH REPUBLIC: SOCIOLOGICKY CASOPIS, 2024, vol. 2024, neuveden, p. 1-26. ISSN 0038-0288. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.13060/csr.2024.008.

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KATRŇÁK, Tomáš. The gender-gap reversal in tertiary education and its implications for inequality of educational opportunity in European countries. \textit{SOCIOLOGICKY CASOPIS-CZECH SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW}. CZECH REPUBLIC: SOCIOLOGICKY CASOPIS, 2024, vol.~2024, neuveden, p.~1-26. ISSN~0038-0288. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.13060/csr.2024.008.

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