Jaap Dronkers

A Cross-national analysis of the relations between school choice and effectiveness differences between private-independent and public schools (2010)

Dronkers, Jaap, Avram, S

We apply propensity score matching to the estimation of the disparity in school effectiveness between the privately owned, privately funded school sector and the public one in a sample of 25...

Positieve maar ook negatieve effecten van etnische diversiteit in scholen op onderwijsprestaties? Een empirische toets met internationale PISA-data (2010)

Dronkers, Jaap

The effect of two characteristics of school populations on reading skills will be estimated in this paper: share and diversity, both on the ethnic and the social-cultural dimension. We use the...

The differences in attitudes about their society between 14 year old pupils with and without an immigration background; a cross-national comparison (2010)

Prokic, Tijana, Dronkers, Jaap

In this paper we analyze the attitudes of 14 year old children of first and second generation immigrants and their civic attitudes about (aspects of) the society of destination. We use data from the...

Quality and Inequality of Education (2010)

DRONKERS, Jaap

This cogent analysis of data on education and society from a variety of sources sets out to provide answers to scientific and policy questions on the quality of education and the way it relates to...

A cross-national analysis of the relations between school choice and effectiveness differences between private-dependent and public schools (2009)

Dronkers, Jaap, Avram, S

We apply propensity score matching to the estimation of differential school effectiveness between the publicly funded private sector and the public one, in a sample of 26 countries. This technique...

Effects of Divorce on Children's Educational Attainment in a Mediterranean and Catholic Society (2009)

ALBERTINI, Marco, DRONKERS, Jaap

Previous research has found parental divorce to have negative effects on children’s educational attainment; in addition, it has been noted that the effects of divorce are not the same in all...

Cross-Regional Divorce Risks in Belgium: Culture or Legislative System (2009)

MORTELMANS, Dimitri, SNOECKX, Laurent, DRONKERS, Jaap

Cross-national research is by definition carried out between different countries. Looking at country differences often results in common and diverse sets of divorce risks. This article uses a...

Negative selectivity of Europe’s guest-worker immigration? (2009)

Dronkers, Jaap, Heus, Manon De

The aim of this paper is to empirically test the negative selectivity hypothesis as an explanation of the lower educational achievements of Turkish immigrant pupils. We do this by comparing...

Educational performance of native and immigrant children from various countries of origin (2008)

Levels, Mark, Dronkers, Jaap

Mostly due to the lack of suitable data, cross-national research on the integration of migrant pupils is still scarce. We aim to fill this gap by addressing the question of the extent to which native...

The Divorce Cycle in Cross-National Perspective: Results from the Fertility and Family Surveys (2008)

HARKONEN, Juho, DRONKERS, Jaap

We use data on women’s first marriages from the Fertility and Family Surveys to analyse the intergenerational transmission of divorce―the divorce cycle―across 18 countries and seek explanations...

Parental divorce and offspring marriage in Finland: later, but with whom? (2008)

EROLA, Jani, HARKONEN, Juho, DRONKERS, Jaap

Despite the large literature on the long-term effects of parental divorce, few studies have analyzed the effects of parental divorce on spouse selection behavior. We use register-based event-history...

School Choice in the Light of the Effectiveness Differences of Various Types of Public and Private Schools in 19 OECD Countries (2008)

DRONKERS, Jaap, ROBERT, P.

The paper approaches the issue of school choice in an indirect manner by investigating the effectiveness of public, private government-dependent and private independent schools in 19 Organisation for...

Immigrant Children's Educational Achievement in Western Countries: Origin, Destination, and Community Effects on Mathematical Performance (2008)

LEVELS, Mark, DRONKERS, Jaap, KRAAYKAMP, Gerbert

This article explores the extent to which macro-level characteristics of destination countries, origin countries, and immigrant communities help explain differences in immigrant children's...

The intergenerational transmission of divorce in cross-national perspective: Results from the Fertility and Family Survey (2008)

DRONKERS, Jaap, HARKONEN, Juho

We used data on women's first marriages from the Fertility and Family Surveys to analyse the intergenerational transmission of divorce across 18 countries and to seek explanations in macro-level...

Educational performance of native and immigrant children from various countries of origin (2008)

LEVELS, Mark, DRONKERS, Jaap

Mostly due to the lack of suitable data, cross-national research on the integration of migrant pupils is still scarce. We aim to fill this gap by addressing the question of the extent to which native...

Educational performance of native and immigrant children from various countries of origin (2008)

LEVELS, Mark, DRONKERS, Jaap

Mostly due to the lack of suitable data, cross-national research on the integration of migrant pupils is still scarce. We aim to fill this gap by addressing the question of the extent to which native...

Etnische diversiteit, sociaal vertrouwen in de buurt en contact van allochtonen en autochtonen met buren. [Ethnic diversity, social trust in the neighbourhood and contact of migrants and natives with neighbours] (2008)

LANCEE, Bram, DRONKERS, Jaap

Putnam (2007) claims that in the short run ethnic diversity tends to reduce solidarity and social capital: in ethnically diverse neighborhoods, residents of all ethnicities tend to ‘hunker down’....

Het voortbestaan van religieuze scholen. [The survival of religious schools] (2008)

DRONKERS, Jaap, NEED, A.

The authors review the arguments and the emperical evidence that can explain the survival of religious schools in secularized societies.

Hoe Gelijkwaardig Blijft Het Eindexamen Tussen Scholen In Nederland? Discrepanties Tussen De Cijfers Voor Het Schoolonderzoek En Het Centraal Examen In Het Voortgezet Onderwijs Tussen1998 En 2005 (2007)

DE LANGE, Marloes, DRONKERS, Jaap

Samenvatting Het Nederlands voortgezet onderwijs kent een eindexamen dat bestaat uit een schoolexamen en een centraal examen. In dit onderzoek analyseren wij de discrepanties in de becijfering van...

Educational Achievement of Immigrants in Western Countries: Origin, Destination, and Community Effects on Mathematical Performance (2007)

LEVELS, Mark, DRONKERS, Jaap, KRAAYKAMP, G.

Why do immigrants in different countries perform differently at school, and what explains the fact that immigrants from different countries of origin perform differently? This paper explores the...

The Effects of Social and Labour Market Policies of EU-countries on the Socio-Economic Integration of First and Second Generation Immigrants from Different Countries of Origin (2007)

FLEISCHMANN, Fenella, DRONKERS, Jaap

In this article, we analyse four different dimensions of socio-economic integration of first and second generation immigrants into the labour markets of 13 EU countries and we assess, taking into...

Hoe Gelijkwaardig Blijft Het Eindexamen Tussen Scholen In Nederland? Discrepanties Tussen De Cijfers Voor Het Schoolonderzoek En Het Centraal Examen In Het Voortgezet Onderwijs Tussen1998 En 2005 (2007)

DE LANGE, Marloes, DRONKERS, Jaap

Samenvatting Het Nederlands voortgezet onderwijs kent een eindexamen dat bestaat uit een schoolexamen en een centraal examen. In dit onderzoek analyseren wij de discrepanties in de becijfering van...

Educational Achievement of Immigrants in Western Countries: Origin, Destination, and Community Effects on Mathematical Performance (2007)

LEVELS, Mark, DRONKERS, Jaap, KRAAYKAMP, G.

Why do immigrants in different countries perform differently at school, and what explains the fact that immigrants from different countries of origin perform differently? This paper explores the...

The Effects of Social and Labour Market Policies of EU-countries on the Socio-Economic Integration of First and Second Generation Immigrants from Different Countries of Origin (2007)

FLEISCHMANN, Fenella, DRONKERS, Jaap

In this article, we analyse four different dimensions of socio-economic integration of first and second generation immigrants into the labour markets of 13 EU countries and we assess, taking into...

Hoe Gelijkwaardig Blijft Het Eindexamen Tussen Scholen In Nederland? Discrepanties Tussen De Cijfers Voor Het Schoolonderzoek En Het Centraal Examen In Het Voortgezet Onderwijs Tussen1998 En 2005 (2007)

DE LANGE, Marloes, DRONKERS, Jaap

Samenvatting Het Nederlands voortgezet onderwijs kent een eindexamen dat bestaat uit een schoolexamen en een centraal examen. In dit onderzoek analyseren wij de discrepanties in de becijfering van...

Educational Achievement of Immigrants in Western Countries: Origin, Destination, and Community Effects on Mathematical Performance (2007)

LEVELS, Mark, DRONKERS, Jaap, KRAAYKAMP, Gerbert

Why do immigrants in different countries perform differently at school, and what explains the fact that immigrants from different countries of origin perform differently? This paper explores the...

The Effects of Social and Labour Market Policies of EU-countries on the Socio-Economic Integration of First and Second Generation Immigrants from Different Countries of Origin (2007)

FLEISCHMANN, Fenella, DRONKERS, Jaap

In this article, we analyse four different dimensions of socio-economic integration of first and second generation immigrants into the labour markets of 13 EU countries and we assess, taking into...

Ruggengraat van ongelijkheid. Beperkingen en mogelijkheden om ongelijke onderwijskansen te veranderen. [Backbone of inequality. Constraints and possibilities of education policy in Europe] (2007)

DRONKERS, Jaap

Ongelijke onderwijskansen zijn een onvermijdelijk verschijnsel van elke samenleving met een sterke arbeidsdeling, stelt Jaap Dronkers in Ruggengraat van ongelijkheid. De hoogte van die ongelijkheid...

Do School Segregation and School Resources Explain Region-of-Origin Differences in the Mathematics Achievement of Immigrant Students? (2007)

DRONKERS, Jaap, LEVELS, Mark

Levels and Dronkers (2006) showed that educational achievement differs between immigrant students from different regions of origin (Latin America, Northern Africa, and Western Asia). This follow-up...

Stability and Change in the Educational Gradient of Divorce. A Comparison of Seventeen Countries (2006)

HARKONEN, Juho, DRONKERS, Jaap

In a series of papers, William J. Goode argued that the relationship between modernization and the class composition of divorce is inverse. Starting from his hypothesis, we examine the relationship...

The Importance of the Common Family Background for the Similarity of Divorce Risks of Siblings: a Multi-level Event History Analysis (2006)

DRONKERS, Jaap, HOX, J

This study examines the effect of family and individual children’s characteristics on the probability of having a divorce. Current research shows a clear indication of increased divorce risks if an...

Stability and Change in the Effects of Female Educational Attainment on the Risk of Union Dissolution. A Seventeen-Country Comparison (2006)

HARKONEN, Juho, DRONKERS, Jaap

In this paper we explore the changes in the relationship between female educational attainment and the risk of union disruption in seventeen countries: Austria, Estonia, Finland, Flanders (Belgium),...

The Importance of the Common Family Background for the Similarity of Divorce Risks of Siblings: a Multi-level Event History Analysis (2006)

DRONKERS, Jaap, HOX, J

This study examines the effect of family and individual children’s characteristics on the probability of having a divorce. Current research shows a clear indication of increased divorce risks if an...

Stability and Change in the Educational Gradient of Divorce. A Comparison of Seventeen Countries (2006)

HARKONEN, Juho, DRONKERS, Jaap

In a series of papers, William J. Goode argued that the relationship between modernization and the class composition of divorce is inverse. Starting from his hypothesis, we examine the relationship...

Stability and Change in the Effects of Female Educational Attainment on the Risk of Union Dissolution. A Seventeen-Country Comparison (2006)

HARKONEN, Juho, DRONKERS, Jaap

In this paper we explore the changes in the relationship between female educational attainment and the risk of union disruption in seventeen countries: Austria, Estonia, Finland, Flanders (Belgium),...

The Importance of the Common Family Background for the Similarity of Divorce Risks of Siblings: a Multi-level Event History Analysis (2006)

DRONKERS, Jaap, HOX, J

This study examines the effect of family and individual children’s characteristics on the probability of having a divorce. Current research shows a clear indication of increased divorce risks if an...

Stability and Change in the Educational Gradient of Divorce. A Comparison of Seventeen Countries (2006)

HARKONEN, Juho, DRONKERS, Jaap

In a series of papers, William J. Goode argued that the relationship between modernization and the class composition of divorce is inverse. Starting from his hypothesis, we examine the relationship...

Stability and Change in the Educational Gradient of Divorce. A Comparison of Seventeen Countries (2006)

Härkönen, Juho, Dronkers, Jaap

In a series of papers, William J. Goode argued that the relationship between modernization and the class composition of divorce is inverse. Starting from his hypothesis, we examine the relationship...

Stability and Change in the Educational Gradient of Divorce. A Comparison of Seventeen Countries (2006)

Härkönen, Juho, Dronkers, Jaap

In a series of papers, William J. Goode argued that the relationship between modernization and the class composition of divorce is inverse. Starting from his hypothesis, we examine the relationship...

Stability and Change in the Educational Gradient of Divorce. A Comparison of Seventeen Countries (2006)

Härkönen, Juho, Dronkers, Jaap

In a series of papers, William J. Goode argued that the relationship between modernization and the class composition of divorce is inverse. Starting from his hypothesis, we examine the relationship...

Recruitment of members of Dutch noble and high-bourgeois families to elite positions in the 20th century (2004)

SCHIJF, Huibert, DRONKERS, Jaap

This article offers a counter-example of the modernization theory by looking at the elite positions of the nobility in the Netherlands in the 20th century. We compare the elite positions of the...

Recruitment of members of Dutch noble and high-bourgeois families to elite positions in the 20th century (2004)

SCHIJF, Huibert, DRONKERS, Jaap

This article offers a counter-example of the modernization theory by looking at the elite positions of the nobility in the Netherlands in the 20th century. We compare the elite positions of the...

Recruitment of members of Dutch noble and high-bourgeois families to elite positions in the 20th century (2004)

SCHIJF, Huibert, DRONKERS, Jaap

This article offers a counter-example of the modernization theory by looking at the elite positions of the nobility in the Netherlands in the 20th century. We compare the elite positions of the...

Trust and Trustworthiness among Europeans: South- North Comparison ∗ (2004)

Fabian Bornhorst, Andrea Ichino, Karl Schlag, Eyal Winter, Jaap Dronkers, ...

This paper discovers significant differences between southern and northern Europeans in a dynamic version of the “trust game ” played by Ph.D. students from different nationalities at the...

Has the Dutch Nobility Retained its Social Relevance during the 20th Century? (2003)

DRONKERS, Jaap

In earlier studies we found that the Dutch nobility continues to have a strong advantage in achieving elite positions within Dutch society today, despite its very weak legal status since the late...

Family Policies and Children's School Achievement in Single- Versus Two-Parent Families (2003)

DRONKERS, Jaap, PONG, Suet-ling, HAMPDEN-THOMPSON, Gillian

We investigate the gap in math and science achievement of third- and fourth-graders who live with a single parent versus those who live with two parents in 11 countries. The United States and New...

Has the Dutch Nobility Retained its Social Relevance during the 20th Century? (2003)

DRONKERS, Jaap

In earlier studies we found that the Dutch nobility continues to have a strong advantage in achieving elite positions within Dutch society today, despite its very weak legal status since the late...

Family Policies and Children's School Achievement in Single- Versus Two-Parent Families (2003)

DRONKERS, Jaap, PONG, Suet-ling, HAMPDEN-THOMPSON, Gillian

We investigate the gap in math and science achievement of third- and fourth-graders who live with a single parent versus those who live with two parents in 11 countries. The United States and New...

Has the Dutch Nobility Retained its Social Relevance during the 20th Century? (2003)

Dronkers, Jaap

In earlier studies we found that the Dutch nobility continues to have a strong advantage in achieving elite positions within Dutch society today, despite its very weak legal status since the late...

Differences in family policy and the intergenerational transmission of divorce: a comparison between the former East and West Germany (2002)

Engelhardt,Henriette, Trappe,Heike, Dronkers,Jaap

The intergenerational transmission of the risk of divorce is a well-known long-term effect of divorce that has been found in many Western societies. Less known is the extent to which different family...

Differences in family policy and the intergenerational transmission of divorce: a comparison between the former East and West Germany (2002)

Engelhardt, Henriette, Trappe, Heike, Dronkers, Jaap

The intergenerational transmission of the risk of divorce is a well-known long-term effect of divorce that has been found in many Western societies. Less known is the extent to which different family...

Differences in Family Policies and the Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce (2002)

DRONKERS, Jaap, ENGELHARDT, Henriette, TRAPPE, Heike

The intergenerational transmission of the risk of divorce is a well-known long-term effect of divorce that has been found in many Western societies. Less known is what effect different family...

Differences in Family Policies and the Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce (2002)

DRONKERS, Jaap, ENGELHARDT, Henriette, TRAPPE, Heike

The intergenerational transmission of the risk of divorce is a well-known long-term effect of divorce that has been found in many Western societies. Less known is what effect different family...

Niet-verhuizen beter voor de kinderen? Het effect van schoolverandering op de verdere schoolloopbaan (2001)

Vermeij, Annelies, Dronkers, Jaap

In this paper we address the question: "Does changing schools adversely affect the subsequent performance of good students?" We used the longitudinal data from the VOCL '89 cohort to compare the...

Effects of residential mobility on the educational opportunity of children in a society with a centralised educational system. (2001)

Dronkers, Jaap, Vermeij, Annelies

Research in the United States indicates that moving adversely affects children’s school performance No studies have been conducted on this subject in continental Europe yet. Unlike in the United...

The Effects of Parental Conflicts and Divorce on the Well-Being of Pupils in Dutch Secondary Education (1999)

Dronkers, Jaap

The conclusions of this article, investigating the well-being of Dutch youth with a large national sample of more than 9000 pupils in Dutch secondary education, are: 1. The well-being of pupils...

Board Membership of Traditional Male Fraternities and Access to Dutch Elites: A Disappearing Avenue to Elite Positions? (1998)

Dronkers, Jaap, Hillege, Serapbine M. M.

This article examines to which extent members of boards of traditional male fraternities have greater access to Dutch elites. The study covers different types of elite position during the period 1960...

Sibling Resemblance in Educational Attainment, Occupational Prestige, and Wealth in Hungary during the Communist Regime (1996)

Toka, Gabor, Dronkers, Jaap

In order to test the suggested decline of the family we compare sibling resemblance in the life-chances of five Hungarian cohorts born during the twentieth century. Similar studies in Germany and the...

Differences in Family Policies and the Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce

Henriette Engelhardt, Heike Trappe, Jaap Dronkers

The intergenerational transmission of the risk of divorce is a well-known long-term effect of divorce that has been found in many Western societies. Less known is what effect different family...

Differences in family policy and the intergenerational transmission of divorce: a comparison between the former East and West Germany

Henriette Engelhardt, Heike Trappe, Jaap Dronkers

The intergenerational transmission of the risk of divorce is a well-known long-term effect of divorce that has been found in many Western societies. Less known is the extent to which different family...

The Effects of Social and Labour Market Policies of EU-countries on the Socio-Economic Integration of First and Second Generation Immigrants from Different Countries of Origin

Fenella Fleischmann, Jaap Dronkers

In this article, we analyse four different dimensions of socio-economic integration of 1st and 2nd generation immigrants into the labour markets of 13 EU countries and we assess, taking into account...

The differences in attitudes about their society between 14 year old pupils with and without an immigration background; a cross-national comparison

Prokic, Tijana, Dronkers, Jaap

In this paper we analyze the attitudes of 14 year old children of first and second generation immigrants and their civic attitudes about (aspects of) the society of destination. We use data from the...

Effects of residential mobility on the educational opportunity of children in a society with a centralised educational system.

Dronkers, Jaap, Vermeij, Annelies

Research in the United States indicates that moving adversely affects children’s school performance No studies have been conducted on this subject in continental Europe yet. Unlike in the United...

Negative selectivity of Europe’s guest-worker immigration?

Dronkers, Jaap, Heus, Manon De

The aim of this paper is to empirically test the negative selectivity hypothesis as an explanation of the lower educational achievements of Turkish immigrant pupils. We do this by comparing...

Positieve maar ook negatieve effecten van etnische diversiteit in scholen op onderwijsprestaties? Een empirische toets met internationale PISA-data

Dronkers, Jaap

The effect of two characteristics of school populations on reading skills will be estimated in this paper: share and diversity, both on the ethnic and the social-cultural dimension. We use the...

A cross-national analysis of the relations between school choice and effectiveness differences between private-dependent and public schools

Dronkers, Jaap, Avram, S

We apply propensity score matching to the estimation of differential school effectiveness between the publicly funded private sector and the public one, in a sample of 26 countries. This technique...

A Cross-national analysis of the relations between school choice and effectiveness differences between private-independent and public schools

Dronkers, Jaap, Avram, S

We apply propensity score matching to the estimation of the disparity in school effectiveness between the privately owned, privately funded school sector and the public one in a sample of 25...