Intersectionality in higher education: In which educational phases we observe social inequality by migration background, gender and social origin—and to what extent exist interaction effects?

Abstract

This article deals with the question to what extend social inequality exist between upper secondary education and university graduation and to what extend we find interaction effects by gender, migration background and social origin. From a perspective of intersectionality we distinguish between additive and multiplicative effects. We test our theoretical considerations empirically on the basis of the german school leaver panelsurvey 2010 (2015). With logistic regression we can show, that additive as well as multiplicative effects exist in higher education. However the effects of social inequality differ in their extent and by educational phases.