Do intensive guidance programs reduce social inequality in the transition to higher education in Germany? Experimental evidence from the ZuBAb study 0.5 years after high school graduation

Melinda Erdmann, Irena Magdalena Pietrzyk, Marcel Helbig, Marita Jacob and Stefan Stuth

No P 2022-001, Discussion Papers, Presidential Department from WZB Berlin Social Science Center

Abstract: This paper examines the effect of an intensive counseling program to promote university access among students who are eligible for university. Using data from the experimental panel study ZuBAb, we examine the average effect on university enrollment directly after high school graduation and the effect heterogeneity by educational background. No positive effect of participation is found. We discuss these results in relation to the potential of reducing inequalities through individual counseling in Germany.

Keywords: university access; educational intervention; experiment; social origin; Studienaufnahme; Bildungsintervention; Experiment; soziale Herkunft (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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