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Participation Patterns in Higher Education: a comparative welfare and production régime perspective
Author(s) -
Andres Lesley,
Pechar Hans
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1465-3435
pISSN - 0141-8211
DOI - 10.1111/ejed.12028
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , equity (law) , educational attainment , higher education , welfare , perspective (graphical) , inequality , demographic economics , social welfare , educational equity , economic growth , production (economics) , economics , development economics , political science , sociology , social science , macroeconomics , law , mathematical analysis , geometry , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science
This article considers the counter‐intuitive observation that some of the wealthiest nations can feature low tertiary graduation rates (e.g. A ustria, G ermany, and S witzerland). It also considers the observation that many countries with high tertiary graduation rates show low levels of social equity, while many countries with low tertiary graduation rates show high levels of social equity. These observations are considered through the lenses of institutional perspectives, and specifically welfare and production régime theories. The analysis elaborates on educational attainment, patterns and key aspects of economic functioning and development, and educational attainment patterns and their relationship to social inequality.