This paper analyses the determinants of participation in higher education in West Germany. In particular, the role of social origin as well as of expectations regarding the labour market outcome of a higher education degree and of public educational policy are examined. The estimations are based...

Die derzeitige Forschung zu Kultureller Bildung legt die Probleme eines vermessenden Umgangs mit dem Thema offen, der zu einer Reduktion des Gegenstands führt. Dieser Band hingegen erzeugt Reibung an den Schnittstellen der Begriffe Kultur und Bildung. Er versetzt beide Begriffe in eine Unruhe,...

This paper analyses the determinants of participation in higher education in West Germany. In particular, the role of social origin as well as of expectations regarding the labour market outcome of a higher education degree and of public educational policy are examined. The estimations are based...