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Does the institutional setup of the national educational system have consequences for social selection in schools and thus for inequality of educational opportunity? It is probable that this is the case, but we lack firm knowledge about which aspects of the educational system that may have such effects. To complicate the question we must take notice of societal factors outside the educational system which influence the degree of social selection in schools.
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Erikson, R. (2013). Educational institutions and social selection in education. In: Deißner, D. (eds) Chancen bilden. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-19393-9_7
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