Dr. Jascha Dräger

Dr. Jascha Dräger

Research Associate of the

German Socio-Economic Panel study Research Infrastructure

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jdraeger@diw.de
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Research Topics and Working Areas
Jascha Dräger is research associate at the Research Data Centre of the SOEP. He studied sociology in Kassel and Mannheim and received his PhD in Sociology from University of Mannheim in 2022. His main research interests are social stratification and inequalities in education.

Publications

Sociological Science

Why Net Worth Misrepresents Wealth Effects and What to Do About It

2023 | Jascha Dräger, Klaus Pforr, Nora Müller
European Sociological Review

The Role of Parental Wealth in Children’s Educational Pathways in Germany

2022 | Jascha Dräger
European Sociological Review

The relevance of tracking and social school composition for growing achievement gaps by parental education in lower secondary school: a longitudinal analysis in France, Germany, the United States, and England

2023 | Jascha Dräger, Thorsten Schneider, Melanie Olczyk, Anne Solaz, Alexandra Sheridan, Elizabeth Washbrook, Valentina Perinetti Casoni, Sarah Jiyoon Kwon, Jane Waldfogel
British Educational Research Journal

The long-term consequences of early school absences for educational attainment and labour market outcomes

2024 | Jascha Dräger, Markus Klein, Edward Sosu
Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft

Geschwisterunterschiede im Privatschulbesuch und Einkommenseffekte zwischen und innerhalb von Haushalten

2022 | Jascha Dräger, Leo Röhlke, Till Stefes
DIW Wochenbericht 34 / 2025

Fehltage in der Schule bringen langfristig Nachteile: Interview

2025| Jascha Dräger, Erich Wittenberg
DIW Wochenbericht 34 / 2025

Beispiel England zeigt: Jeder Fehltag in der Schule geht mit schlechteren Abschlussnoten einher

2025| Jascha Dräger, Markus Klein, Edward Sosu
SOEP Survey Papers ; 1535: Series D - Variable Description and Coding / 2025

SOEP-Core v40 – Activity Biography in the Datasets "pbiospe" and "artkalen"

2025| Jascha Dräger, Tim Eder
DIW Wochenbericht 14 / 2025

Frühkindliche Bildung verringert Ungleichheiten: Interview

2025| Jascha Dräger, Erich Wittenberg
DIW Wochenbericht 14 / 2025

Sprach- und Mathekompetenzen hängen in Deutschland bei Schulstart stärker von sozialer Herkunft ab als in anderen Ländern

2025| Jascha Dräger, Thorsten Schneider
Refereed essays Web of Science

The Educational Wealth Divide in Europe: Post-Secondary Enrollment Gaps Across Parental Wealth Components and Countries

In: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 99 (2025), 101086, 13 S. | Andrea Pietrolucci, Jascha Dräger, Nora Müller, Marco Albertini
Refereed essays Web of Science

Does the Impact of Pupil Absences on Achievement Depend on Their Timing?

In: American Educational Research Journal 62 (2025), 5, S. 872-908 | Jascha Dräger, Markus Klein, Edward M. Sosu
Refereed essays Web of Science

The Keys to the House - How Wealth Transfers Stratify Homeownership Opportunities

In: Social Science Research 129 (2025), 103190, 19 S. | Jascha Dräger, Nora Müller, Klaus Pforr
Newspaper and Blog Articles

Eine Kita-Pflicht sollte kein Tabu mehr sein

In: Die Zeit (04.04.2025), [Online-Artikel] | Marcel Fratzscher, Jascha Dräger
Refereed essays Web of Science

Cross-national Differences in Socioeconomic Achievement Inequality in Early Primary School: The Role of Parental Education and Income in Six Countries

In: AERA Open (2025), im Ersch. [online first: 2024-12-02] | Jascha Dräger, Elizabeth Washbrook, Thorsten Schneider, Hideo Akabayashi, Renske Keizer, Anne Solaz, Jane Waldfogel, Sanneke de la Rie, Yuriko Kameyama, Sarah Kwon, Kayo Nozaki, Valentina Perinetti Casoni, Shinpei Sano, Alexandra Sheridan, Chizuru Shikishima

Lectures

Vortrag

Can a Vocational Degree Erase the ‘Scar’ of School Dropout?

Jascha Dräger
Mainz, 08.10.2025 - 10.10.2025| Societal Challenges - Sociological Answers: 5th Conference of the Academy of Sociology
Vortrag

Was Fehlzeiten in der Schule für das ganze Leben bedeuten? Macht Schule schwänzen krank?

Jascha Dräger
[Online], 01.10.2025 | Tonspur Wissen: der Podcast von Rheinischer Post und Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Vortrag

Can Social Stratification in Homeownership be Attributed to Wealth Transfers?

Jascha Dräger, Nora Müller, Klaus Pforr
Barcelona, Spanien, 12.09.2024 - 14.09.2024| Adressing Inequalities in Incomplete Revolutions: ECSR 2024 Conference
Vortrag

Bildungsgerechtigkeit

Jascha Dräger
Schwerin, 05.07.2024 | Sitzung der Enquete-Kommission "Jung sein in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" des Landtags Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Vortrag

Can Social Stratification in Homeownership be Attributed to Wealth Transfers?

Jascha Dräger, Nora Müller, Klaus Pforr
Berlin, 04.07.2024 - 05.07.2024| SOEP 2024: SOEP User Conference – Impressive Finale of the 40th Anniversary Celebrations
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