This study examines discrimination in teacher assessments and track recommendations
against Roma minority students in Hungary. We conducted a pre-registered randomized …

Using a unique database from Hungarian primary schools, this study investigates whether
academic self-assessment and educational aspirations differ between Roma minority and …

This paper investigates direct peer influence in upper-secondary track choice in the stratified
and selective Hungarian educational system and makes two contributions to the literature …

Central actors or opinion leaders are in the right structural position to spread relevant
information or convince others about adopting an innovation or behaviour change. Who is a …

Abstract In the 2022-2023 school year, about 47% of candidates were admitted to their first-
choice high school, while 1.44% were not admitted to any school. This research paper …

Research on educational inequalities has increasingly focused on interventions to increase
enrollment in higher education for students of low social origin. However, students of low …

Rational Choice Theory (RCT) is the dominant paradigm in economics and in recent
decades it has also become increasingly popular in sociology and political science …

This study analyses the effect of the Educational Readiness Assessment (ERA)—a scheme
that categorizes students in Denmark as either 'ready'or 'not ready'for upper secondary …

The thesis focuses on the influence of friends on multiple measures of students' educational
aspirations in Hungarian primary schools before students are distributed to stratified tracks …

The thesis focuses on friends' role in the development of students' academic and
educational aspirations. Adolescents are more sensitive to the opinions and influences of …