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Jaap Dronkers is
now Professor in international comparative research on educational
performance and social inequality at Maastricht University.
He was born in Amsterdam
in 1945 and studied sociology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has been head of
Research of Education and Sociology at SISWO (1976–1986),
Associate Professor of the Sociology of Education and Empirical Sociology
at the Catholic University of Brabant in Tilburg (1986–1990),
Chair in Educational Sciences (1990–1999), and Chair in Empirical
Sociology (1999–2001) both at the University of Amsterdam.
Prof. Dronkers was visiting scholar at the Max-Planck Institute for
Human Development (1998–1999). Between September 2001 and
November 2009 he was Professor of Social Stratification and Inequality at
the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. Since 2002 he has been one of
the organizers of the European Network for the Sociological and
Demographic Study of Divorce. During 2006/2007 he has been Director of
the European Forum The Quality of Education and its Relationships with
Inequality in European and Other Modern Societies. In 2009 he was
recipient of the Professor Leune Award for his contribution to
educational innovation. He has published on the causes and consequences of
unequal educational and occupational attainment, changes in educational
opportunities, effect-differences between public and religious schools, the
educational and occupational achievement of migrants from different origins
and in various countries of destination, the linkages between school and
the labour market, the effects of parental divorce on children,
cross-national differences in causes of divorce, education of Dutch elites,
and European nobility. He also participates in public debates on topics
related to his research.
Recent papers
T. Prokic & J. Dronkers. The
differences in attitudes about their society between 14 year old pupils
with and without an immigration background; a cross-national comparison.
Conference ‘Understanding the Dynamics of Migration: Family,
Generations and Inequality’, Robert Schumann Centre for Advanced
Studies of the European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole
(Italy), 11-12 March 2010
S. André, J. Dronkers
& A. Need. To vote or
not to vote? Electoral participation of immigrants from different countries
of origin in 24 European countries of destination. ECSR
conference ‘Changing societies in the context of the European Union
enlargement’, Sciences Po-CNRS, Paris 11-12 December
2009.
M. de Heus
& J. Dronkers. Immigrants’
children scientific performance in a double comparative design: the
influence of origin, destination, and community. Summer 2009
Meeting of the ISA RC28 Mobility and Inequality: Intergenerational and Life
Course Perspectives. Yale
University, New Haven, Connecticut,
USA. August 3 - 6, 2009
T.
Prokic & J. Dronkers. Parental
divorce and attitudes about society of their children. Seventh
Meeting of the European Network for Sociological and demographic Study of
Divorce, June 25th-26th in Antwerp,
Belgium.
P. Korom & J. Dronkers. Nobility
among the Austrian economic elite in 2008. Workshop
‘Nobility in Europe during the 20th
Century: Memories, Loyalties and Advantages in Context’, 15-16 June
2009, European University Institute, Florence,
Italy.
J. Dronkers & M. de Heus. Negative
selectivity of Europe’s guest-worker immigration? The educational
achievement of children of immigrants compared with the educational
achievement of native children in their origin countries.
IMISCOE International Workshop, June 11-12th 2009, European University Institute, Florence, Italy. The final version will
be published in: From Information to Knowledge; from Knowledge to
Wisdom: Challenges and Changes facing Higher Education in the Digital Age,
edited by E. de Corte & J. Fenstad (eds.), Portland Press, London
(2010).
B. Lancee & J. Dronkers. Ethnic,
Religious and Economic Diversity in the Neighbourhood: Explaining Quality
of Contact with Neighbours, Trust in the Neighbourhood and Inter-ethnic
Trust for Immigrant and Native Residents. IMISCOE Conference
Interethnic Relations: Multidisciplinary Approaches 13 - 15 May,
2009, Lisbon, Portugal. The final English
version will be published in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
(2010)
S. Avram & J. Dronkers. Social class
dimensions in the selection of a private school in the selection of a
private school: A cross-national analysis using Pisa. Spring
Meeting of Research Committee 28 Beijing
Meeting, 14-16 May 2009.
J. Dronkers & S. Avram. A
Cross-national Analysis of the Relations between School Choice and
Effectiveness Differences between Private-Dependent and Public Schools. A
New Approach. International Seminar Education Markets / Penser
les Marchés Scolaires. March 12-14, 2009, University of Geneva
(Swiss). A part of this paper is published in Zeitschrift für
Pädagogiek (2009). [full text]
The final version will be published in Educational research and Evaluation
(2010).
M. de Lange, J. Dronkers & M.
Wolbers. Family Forms
and Children’s Educational Performance in a Cross-National
Perspective: Effects of School’s Resources and Family Policies of
Modern Societies. Dutch-Fleming Meeting of Sociology 2009, Amsterdam,
the Netherlands, 11 June 2009 & the European Divorce Network Meeting
September 18th – 19th September 2008, Oslo, Norway
M. de Heus & J. Dronkers. The effects
of educational systems and societal features of both countries of origin
and destination on the scientific literacy of immigrant children in Western
countries. International Conference on Survey Methods in
Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts (3MC), Berlin, June 25-28, 2008.
S. André, J. Dronkers & F.
Fleischmann. Perceptions
of In-group Discrimination by First and Second Generation Immigrants from Different
Countries of Origin in EU Member-States. RC28 Spring Meeting
2008 Social Stratification and Insiders/Outsiders: Cross-national
Comparisons within and between Continents. Florence, Italy, 15-18 May 2008
& Dutch-Fleming Meeting of Sociology 2008, Leuven, Belgium, 29 May
2008, International Conference on Survey Methods in Multinational,
Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts (3MC), Berlin, June 25-28, 2008. A Dutch version is published in Mens
& Maatschappij (2009). [PDF]
M. de Heus, J. Dronkers & M. Levels. Immigrant
pupils’ scientific performance: the influence of educational system
features of countries of origin and destination RC28 Spring
Meeting 2008 Social Stratification and Insiders/Outsiders: Cross-national
Comparisons within and between Continents. Florence, Italy, 15-18 May
2008& Dutch-Fleming Meeting of Sociology 2008, Leuven, Belgium, 29 May
2008
B. Lancee & J. Dronkers. Ethnic
diversity in neighbourhoods and individual trust of immigrants and natives:
A replication of Putnam (2007) in a West-European country.
International Conference on Theoretical Perspectives on Social Cohesion and
Social Capital, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts,
Brussels, May 15, 2008. The final version will be published in: Marc Hooghe
(ed.), Social Capital and Social Cohesion. Interdisciplinary Theoretical
Perspectives. Brussels:
Royal Academy of Sciences, 2009. A Dutch
version is published in Migrantenstudies 2008. [PDF]
J. Dronkers & F. Fleischmann. The
Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants from different
Countries of Origin in the EU member-states. Workshop of the
EDUC Research Group of EQUALSOC Network of Excellence, Dijon (France) 22. - 24. November
2007. A final version will be published in Quality and Inequality of
Education. Cross-National Perspectives, edited by J. Dronkers,
Springer, 2010.
J. Erola, J. Härkönen & J.
Dronkers. Parental
divorce and offspring marriage in Finland: later, but with whom?
EUI SPS working paper 2008/04. European Network for the sociological and
demographic Study of Divorce, 17-18 September 2007, the London School of
Economics.
M. de Lange & J. Dronkers. Groeide de ongelijkwaardigheid van het eindexamen
tussen scholen verder in 2005? Discrepanties tussen de cijfers voor het
schoolonderzoek en het centraal examen in het voortgezet onderwijs: 2005
versus 1997–2004 [Did the equivalence of the final examinations between schools
decrease further in 2005? Discrepancies in grading of the central and school part of secondary
education examinations: 2005 versus 1997-2004] 34th Dutch–Flemish
educational research meeting, Groningen,
6-8 June 2007
F. Fleischmann & J.
Dronkers. 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. Research Committee on Social Stratification
and Mobility in Brno, Czech Republic, 25-27 May, 2007, the Dutch-Flemish
Day of Sociology in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 31 May 2007 and the 8th
Annual Conference of the European Sociological Association, Glasgow, 3rd -
6th September, 2007. EUI-RSCAS
2007/19 (European Forum Series). A Dutch version is published in
Sociologie (2008) [PDF].
A final English version about the male immigrants will be published as a
chapter in Growing Gaps: Educational Inequality Around the World,
edited by K. S. Newman, OUP, 2010. A final English version about
unemployment of immigrants will be published in Work, Employment &
Society (2010).
M. de Lange & J. Dronkers. Hoe
gelijkwaardig blijft het eindexamen tussen scholen? Discrepanties tussen de
cijfers voor het schoolonderzoek en het centraal examen in het voortgezet
onderwijs tussen 1998 en 2005. [The
equivalence between schools of the Dutch secondary final examination.
Discrepancies between the grading of the central and school part of the
final examinations of secondary education between 1998 and 2005]. EUI
working paper 2007/03.
Recent publications
Albertini,
M. & J. Dronkers, 2009. "Effects
of Divorce on Children’s Educational Attainment in a Mediterranean and Catholic Society. Evidence from Italy."
European Societies 11:137-159. [Full text]
André, S., J. Dronkers
& F. Fleischmann, 2009. “Verschillen in groepsdiscriminatie, zoals waargenomen door
immigranten uit verschillende herkomstlanden in veertien lidstaten van de
Europese Unie.” [Differences in in-group discrimination as
perceived by immigrants from various countries of origin in fourteen
member-states of the European Union] Mens en Maatschappij 84:
448-482 [PDF]
Dronkers, J., 2009. "Class." in The
Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History, edited by A. Iriye en
P.-Y. Saunier. London:
Palgrave Macmillan. [Full text]
Dronkers, J. & S. Avram, 2009.
"Choice and Effectiveness of Private and Public Schools in Seven Countries.
A reanalysis of three Pisa Data Sets." Zeitschrift für Pädagogik
55:895-909. [Full text]
Dronkers, J. & B. Lancee, 2009.
"Aandacht voor de Putnam-hypothese is in het geheel niet
overdreven." [Research attention for the Putnam-hypothesis is
not at all exaggerated] Migrantenstudies
25:155-162. [PDF]
Dronkers, J., G. Marks & J. Cresswell, 2009.
"Introduction to this special issue Cross-national Studies in Student
Performance with PISA
and TIMSS Data." Educational Research and Evaluation 15:323-325.
[Full text]
Mortelmans,
D., L. Snoeckx & J. Dronkers, 2009. “Cross-Regional Divorce Risks
in Belgium:
Culture or Legislative System?” Journal of Divorce &
Remarriage 50: 541-563. [Full text]
Dronkers,
J., 2008. "Declining Homogamy of Austrian-German Nobility in the 20th
Century? A Comparison with the Dutch Nobility." Historical Social
Research / Historische Sozialforschung 33:262-284. [Full text]
Dronkers,
J., 2008. L'Educació com a pilar de la desigualtat. La
politica educativa europea: limitacions i possibilitats. Barcelona:
Fundació Rafael Campalans. [Full text]
Dronkers, J., 2008.
"Education as the backbone of inequality - European education policy:
constrains and possibilities." pp. 50-135 in Social Democracy and
Education. The European Experience, edited by F. Becker, K. Duffek
& T. Mörschel. Berlin
/Wien/ Amsterdam: Friederich Ebert Stiftung / Karl Renner Institut / Wiardi
Beckman Stichting.
Dronkers, J., 2008. "Sociale
ongelijkheid in het onderwijs." [Social inequality in education] pp.
153-173 in Wat is goed onderwijs? Bijdragen uit de onderwijssociologie,
edited by R. Klarus & A. Dieleman. Den Haag: LEMMA.
Dronkers, J. & J. Härkönen,
2008. "The intergenerational transmission of divorce in cross-national
perspective: Results from the Fertility and Family Survey." Populations Studies 62:273-288. [Full text]
Dronkers, J. & A. Need, 2008. "Het
voortbestaan van religieuze scholen." [The survival of religious
schools] pp. 380-387 in Handboek Religie in Nederland, edited by M.
ter Borg, E. Borgman, M. Buitelaar, Y. Kuiper & R. Plum. Zoetermeer:
Meinema.
Dronkers, J. & P. Robert,
2008. "Differences in Scholastic Achievement of Public, Private
Government-Dependent, and Private
Independent Schools:
A Cross-National Analysis." Educational Policy 22:541-577. [Full text]
Dronkers, J. & P. Robert, 2008.
"School Choice in the Light of the Effectiveness Differences of
Various Types of Public and Private Schools in 19 OECD Countries." Journal
of School Choice 2:260-301. [Full text]
Fleischmann, F. & J. Dronkers,
2008. "De sociaaleconomische integratie van immigranten in de EU. Een
analyse van de effecten van bestemmings- en herkomstlanden op de eerste en
tweede generatie." [The socio-economic integration of immigrants in the EU. An analysis
of the effects of countries of destination- and origin on first and second
generation] Sociologie 4:2-37 [PDF].
Lancee, B. & J. Dronkers, 2008.
"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] Migrantenstudies 24:224-249. [PDF]
Levels, M. & J. Dronkers, 2008. "Educational
performance of native and immigrant children from various countries of
origin." Ethnic and Racial Studies 31:1404-1425. [Full text]
Levels,
M, J. Dronkers & G. Kraaykamp, 2008. “Immigrant Children’s Educational Achievement in Western
Countries: Origin, Destination, and Community Effects on Mathematical Performance.”
American Sociological Review 73: 835-853 [Full text]
Levels, M., G. Kraaykamp & J.
Dronkers, 2008. "Leesvaardigheid van allochtone leerlingen in westerse
landen. Een vergelijkende studie met macrohypothesen" [Reading
abilities of immigrant pupils in western societies. A comparative
study with macro-hypotheses] Migrantenstudies 24: 94-112. [PDF]
Dronkers, J., 2007. "Hebben
immigranten een lagere beroepsstatus door te weinig onderwijs of door het
slecht functioneren van arbeidsmarkten?" [Do immigrants have lower occupational
status because of a lack of education or the malfunctioning of the labour
markets?] pp. 51-70 in Het arbeidsbestel binnenstebuiten, edited by
E. de Gier & F. Huijgen. Apeldoorn/ Antwerpen: Spinhuis.
Dronkers, J., 2007. Ruggengraat van
ongelijkheid. Beperkingen en mogelijkheden om ongelijke onderwijskansen te
veranderen. [Backbone
of inequality. Constraints and possibilities of education policy in Europe] Amsterdam:
Mets & Schilt / Wiardi Beckman Stichting.
Dronkers,
J., 2007. "Schools, religious." pp. 4052-4055 in The Blackwell
Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by G. Ritzer. Malden (MA), Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. [Full text]
Dronkers,
J. & M. Levels, 2007. "Do School Segregation and School Resources
Explain Region-of-Origin Differences in the Mathematics Achievement of
Immigrant Students?" Educational Research and Evaluation
13:435-462. [Full text]
Dronkers,
J. & H. Schijf, 2007. "Elites." pp. 1362-1364 in The
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by G. Ritzer. Malden (MA), Oxford: Blackwell
Publishing. [Full text]
Garib, G., T. Martin Garcia
& J. Dronkers, 2007. "Are the effects of different family
forms on children's educational performance related to the demographic
characteristics and family policies of modern societies?" pp. 27-50 in
Changing families and their lifestyles, edited by E. Moerbeek, A.
Niehof & J. van Ophem. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers. [Full text]
Tesser,
P. & J. Dronkers, 2007. "Equal Opportunities or Social Closure in
the Netherlands." pp. 359-402 in Unequal Chances. Ethnic Minorities
in Western Labour Markets, edited by A. F. Heath & S. Y. Cheung. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Full text]
Corten, R.
& J. Dronkers, 2006. "School Achievement of Pupils From the Lower
Strata in Public, Private Government-Dependent and Private Government-Independent
Schools: A
cross-national test of the Coleman-Hoffer thesis." Educational
Research and Evaluation 12:179-208. [Full text]
Dronkers,
J., 2006. "Ethnic Riots in French Banlieus." The Tocqueville Review/La Revue
Tocqueville 27:61-76.
[Full text]
Dronkers, J., 2006. "Meer
effectieve scholen en betere leerkrachten." [More effective schools
and better teachers] pp. 50-77 in 30 plannen voor een beter Nederland.
De sociale agenda, edited by K. van Beek & Y. Zonderdorp.
Amsterdam: Volkskrant & Meulenhoff.
Dronkers, J., 2006. "Nederland op
weg naar Franse toestanden? Onderwijsprestaties van migranten in het
Nederlandse onderwijs in vergelijking met die in de buurlanden." [The risk of French events in
the Netherlands.
Educational achievement of migrant in Dutch education in comparison with
those in neighbouring countries] pp. 116-124 in In verscheidenheid
verenigd. Opstellen
over europees burgerschap en Europa in het onderwijs, edited by K. Akkerman-Bergsma.
Alkmaar: Europees Platform voor het Nederlandse Onderwijs.
Dronkers, J., J. Baumert & K.
Schwippert, 2006. "Are German non-public secondary schools more
effective in reaching cognitive and non-cognitive educational goals." International
Journal for Educational Law and Policy 2:4-14.
Dronkers,
J. & J. Hox, 2006. “The Importance of the Common Family
Background for the Similarity of Divorce Risks of Siblings: a Multilevel
Event History Analysis” pp. 217-238 in Multilevel Issues in Social
Systems, edited by F. J. Yammarino & F. Dansereau. Amsterdam, etc.: Elsevier. [Full text]
Dronkers, J., A. Huistra & Y.
Kuiper, 2006. "Hoe 'adellijk' is de adel in het huidige Nederland?
Antropologische en sociologische aantekeningen bij de in 2005 gehouden
enquête onder de Nederlandse adel." [How ‘noble’ is the nobility of
the modern Netherlands?
Anthropological and sociological comments about the survey held among the
Dutch nobility in 2006]. Virtus. Jaarboek voor adelsgeschiedenis 13:44-61.
Dronkers, J., M. Kalmijn & M.
Wagner, 2006. "Causes and Consequences of Divorce:
Cross-national and Cohort Differences, an Introduction to this Special
Issue." European Sociological Review 22:479-481. Special issue
on Divorce, edited by Jaap Dronkers [Full text]
Dronkers, J. & R. A. Wanner, 2006.
"Waarom verdienen immigranten minder? Effecten van immigratiebeleid en
arbeidsmarktkenmerken." [Why do immigrants earn less? Effects of immigration policies and
labour market characteristics] Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken
22:379-394. [Full text]
Härkönen,
J. & J. Dronkers, 2006. "Stability and Change in the Educational
Gradient of Divorce. A Comparison of Seventeen Countries." European
Sociological Review 22:501-507. [Full text]
Levels, M. & J. Dronkers, 2006.
"Verschillen in wiskundekennis in hoog ontwikkelde landen van Europa,
Australië en Nieuw-Zeeland, tussen eerste- en tweede-generatie
migrantenleerlingen uit verschillende herkomstregio's en autochtone
leerlingen." [Differences
in Math skills in highly developed countries of Europe,
Australia
and New-Zealand, between first- and second-generation migrant pupils from
various regions of origin and native pupils] pp. 53-76 in Over kansen,
competenties en cohesie. Kanttekeningen bij dertig jaar onderwijssociologie, edited by R. Bosman & S.
Waslander. Assen: Van Gorcum.
Levels, M., J. Dronkers & G.
Kraaykamp, 2006. "Het belang van herkomst en bestemming voor de
schoolprestaties van immigranten. Een crossnationale vergelijking." [The importance of origin and
destination for the educational achievement of immigrants. A cross-national
comparison] pp. 137-160 in Allochtonen in Nederland in internationaal perspectief,
edited by F. van Tubergen & I. Maas. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University
Press. [Full text]
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