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Making it to the Academic Path in a Tracked Education System: The Interplay of Individual Agency and Social Origin in Early Educational Transitions

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2023
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Mele, F., Buchmann, M., & Burger, K. (2023). Making it to the Academic Path in a Tracked Education System: The Interplay of Individual Agency and Social Origin in Early Educational Transitions. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 52, 2620–2635. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01846-y

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Little is known about the role of agency in transitions in tracked education systems or whether it varies by socioeconomic background. This study addressed this gap by estimating structural equation models based on longitudinal data that are representative of the German- and French-speaking parts of Switzerland (N = 1273 individuals, surveyed from age 6 to 18, mean age at wave 1: M${age}$ = 6.54, SD${age}$ = 0.50, female = 49%). The findings reveal that agency (captured by study effort and occupational aspirations) and socioeconomic

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52

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12

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2620

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2635

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Educational transitions, Individual agency, Longitudinal, Social origin, Tracking

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English

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2023-12-01

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2023-09-13

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0047-2891

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Mele, F., Buchmann, M., & Burger, K. (2023). Making it to the Academic Path in a Tracked Education System: The Interplay of Individual Agency and Social Origin in Early Educational Transitions. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 52, 2620–2635. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01846-y

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