Educational progress – The Need for an European Education Panel Study (EEPS)Heike Solga

Meeting “Exploring possibilities for the development of European data infrastructures for research in the social sciences”, June 23, 2010, London

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Deficits for European education research— Knowledge about

1. individuals’ educational trajectories and patterns of school-to-work transition,

2. the causes and consequences of individuals’ educational decisions and pathways,

3. the impact of education, vocational training, higher education, and labour market institutions on individuals’ life courses

is very underdeveloped.

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Deficits for European education research— several well-known national cohort studies— Not comparable in terms of

1. questionnaire, 2. cohorts chosen, 3. phases of the educational career covered, 4. sampling procedures, and 5. other methodological standards.

— Many of the “old” and “new” EU member states do not even have longitudinal cohort studies.

— Many other data sets available do not provide measures on competencies and detailed information on educational episodes.

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Scientific value of an European Education Panel Study (EEPS)— … would mark a milestone for interdisciplinary educational

and labour market research. — It would nurture causal knowledge on

1. individual development and attainment growth over individuals’ educational career, and

2. their connection to family environments and institutional settings.

— EEPS would facilitate research on 1. competence growth and the link between competence and

credentials over the educational career,2. the impact of social origin on educational pathways and

outcomes, 3. comparative research on patterns of labour market entry4. the impact of cognitive and non-cognitive competences and

credentials on labour market outcomes and returns to education.

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NEPS as a Blue-Print or “Model” for an EEPS— NEPS = „National Education Panel Study” in Germany — Coordination: Hans-Peter Blossfeld (University of Bamberg)— Started in 2008, first data collection in 2010 — Funded by the Ministry of Education (BMBF) – so far until End

2013, about 80 Mio. EUR — About 68.000 target persons plus parents, teachers, heads of

school

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— 28 participating institutions across Germany

— including about 170 researchers

— from sociology, psychology, educational sciences and economics

BerlinFreie UniversitätMPIfBWZB

DresdenTU Dresden

NürnbergIAB

LeipzigUniversität

DortmundIFS

GöttingenUniversität

TübingenUniversität

SiegenUniversität

München

DJIifo

LMU

BAMBERG

UniversitätINBIL

KielIPNUniversität

GießenUniversität

HannoverHISUniversität

HamburgUniversitätHAW

MannheimUniversitätZEW

IFP

ifbDIPFFrankfurtFrankfurt

DIPF

BonnBIBB

NEPS Network of Excellence

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PILLAR 1 PILLAR 2 PILLAR 3 PILLAR 4 PILLAR 5

COMPETENCE DEVELOP-

MENT

LEARNING ENVIRON-

MENTS

EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS

MIGRATION BACKGROUND

RETURNS TO EDUCATION

ADMINISTRATION AND CENTRAL COORDINATING DEPARTMENT OF THE NEPS

AT THE INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH BAMBERG (INBIL)

METHODS DEPARTMENTUSER SERVICE, SURVEY MANAGEMENT, DATA WAREHOUSE

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PILLAR 1 PILLAR 2 PILLAR 3 PILLAR 4 PILLAR 5

STAGE 8 ADULT EDUCATION AND LIFE-LONG LEARNING

STAGE 7 FROM HIGHER EDUCATION TO THE LABOR MARKET

STAGE 6 FROM THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO THE LABOR MARKET

STAGE 5

FROM LOWER TO UPPER SEC. SCHOOL/TRAINING/LABOR MARKETSTAGE 4

STAGE 3 FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL

STAGE 2 FROM KINDERGARTEN TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

STAGE 1 FROM BIRTH TO KINDERGARTEN

COMPETENCE DEVELOP-

MENT

LEARNING ENVIRON-

MENTS

EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS

MIGRATION BACKGROUND

RETURNS TO EDUCATION

ADMINISTRATION AND CENTRAL COORDINATING DEPARTMENT OF THE NEPS

AT THE INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH BAMBERG (INBIL)

METHODS DEPARTMENTUSER SERVICE, SURVEY MANAGEMENT, DATA WAREHOUSE

FROM UPPER SEC. SCHOOL TO HIGHER EDUCATION/VOC. TRAINING

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Age7473727170

69 YJ: Years in the Job

68 VOC: Vocational Training

67 AY: Academic Year

66 BA: Bachelor

65 MA: Master

64 GR: GradeKIG: KindergartenI: Infants

4.AY3.AY

2.AY25 1.AY24 MA 5.YJ23 5.AY 4.YJ 5.AY22 BA 3.YJ 4.AY21 3.AY 2.YJ 3.AY20 2.AY 1.YJ 2.AY 1.YJ19 1.AY VOC 1.AY VOC 1.AY18 VOC 13.GR VOC 13.GR17 VOC 12.GR VOC 12.GR16 VOC 11.GR VOC 11.GR15 10.GR 10.GR14 9.GR 9.GR13 8.GR 8.GR12 7.GR 7.GR11 6.GR 6.GR10 5.GR 5.GR9 4.GR8 3.GR7 2.GR 2.GR6 1.GR 1.GR5 KIG KIG4 KIG KIG3 3.5 Y2 2.5 Y1 1.5 Y0 0.5 Y

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Year

Further Education+

Tertiary Education

Upper Secondary School

Lower Secondary School

Elementary School

Kindergarten

Infants

66

25

64

23

50

21

68

27

72

31

70

29

65

24

67

26

69

28

71

30

Refreshing

73

32

74

33

Refreshing

Refreshing

Multi-Cohort Sequence design of NEPS

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Age7473727170

69 YJ: Years in the Job

68 VOC: Vocational Training

67 AY: Academic Year

66 BA: Bachelor

65 MA: Master

64 GR: GradeKIG: KindergartenI: Infants

2524 5.YJ23 4.YJ 5.AY22 3.YJ 4.AY21 2.YJ 3.AY20 1.YJ 2.AY 1.YJ19 VOC 1.AY VOC 1.AY18 VOC 13.GR VOC 13.GR17 VOC 12.GR VOC 12.GR16 VOC 11.GR VOC 11.GR15 10.GR 10.GR14 9.GR 9.GR13 8.GR 8.GR12 7.GR 7.GR11 6.GR 6.GR10 5.GR 5.GR9 4.GR8 3.GR7 2.GR6 1.GR5 KIG4 KIG3210

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Year

Refreshing

Further Education+

Tertiary Education

Upper Secondary School

Lower Secondary School

Elementary School

Kindergarten

Infants

Multi-Cohort Sequence design for an EEPS

Thank you for your attention!

Further information:

www.bildungspanel.de

www.uni-bamberg.de/en/neps

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Starting cohort No. of institutions

No. of persons

Respondents

Early child development - 3,000 child, mother

Kindergarten

Elementary SchoolSpecial education schools

500

150100

3,000

8,2501,000

child, parents, kindergarten teachers,

students, parents, teachers, principals

5th gradeSpecial education schools

27560

7,5001,100

students, parents, teachers, principals

9th grade Special education schools

30050

15,000 1,000

students, parents, teachers, principals

Academic track [4,500] students, parents, teachers, principals

Vocational track - [10,500] students

Tertiary education 350 15,000 students

Further education and life-long learning

- 13,000 adults

Starting cohorts, respondents and sample sizes