Jascha Dräger

Jascha Dräger is a Researcher at the SOEP Research Data Center (DIW Berlin), focusing on social stratification and educational inequality.

• University of Mannheim (PhD in Sociology, 2022)
• University of Kassel and Mannheim (Sociology studies)

His research examines how socioeconomic factors influence educational outcomes, including:

• Parental wealth effects on educational pathways
• Impact of school absences on academic achievement
• Role of early childhood education in reducing inequality
• Cross-national variations in socioeconomic achievement gaps
• Influence of school tracking on educational disparities

Key publication trends:

• Focus on wealth transfer mechanisms and homeownership stratification (2024–2025)
• Longitudinal analyses of school attendance patterns (2024)
• Comparative international studies on educational inequality (2023–2025)

Dräger contributes to both empirical research and public discourse, with media appearances in Die Zeit and DIW Weekly Report interviews (2025).