Ontwikkelingen in verbale capaciteiten van laagopgeleiden in Nederland:De keerzijde van de onderwijsexpansie

Developments in verbal ability of low-educated people in the Netherlands: the downside of educational expansion In this article we elaborate on how education affects achievement in verbal ability, and to what extent the composition of the group of low-educated people has changed with respect to verbal ability. Employing representative data for the Netherlands in 2000 (N = 1.278), we find in each birth cohort that primary educated and lower secondary educated people have lower scores on verbal ability than higher educated. In addition, family background affects a person’s verbal ability achieve... Mehr ...