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School Choice and Its Long-Term Impact on Social Mobility in Sweden
Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8613-8358
Sociology, Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
2021 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, ISSN 0031-3831, E-ISSN 1470-1170, Vol. 65, no 4, p. 569-583Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Sweden possesses a highly deregulated school system in which students in the compulsory school system are free to choose almost any school they prefer. This study focuses on the long-term difference in educational level twelve years after finishing elementary school for students who made a school choice compared to those who did not. The study uses the Voronoi method of estimating school choice and is based on detailed register-based data for all students that finished elementary school in Sweden in the years 2000-2002. The results confirm previous findings that the most resourceful families more often make active choices. However, those who made an active school choice seem to have lower future educational achievement. The exception are those who have foreign-born parents, and those living in low-resource areas, who made an active school choice. They have a more positive educational achievement compared to those who stayed in the closest school.

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Routledge, 2021. Vol. 65, no 4, p. 569-583
Keywords [en]
School choice, Sweden, educational achievement, segregation, social mobility, Voronoi
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Educational Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-81210DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2020.1739129ISI: 000524150600001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85082623896OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-81210DiVA, id: diva2:1424961
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Swedish Research Council, 721-2013-2009Available from: 2020-04-20 Created: 2020-04-20 Last updated: 2021-12-08Bibliographically approved

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