Erasmus student mobility is the most recognised element of Erasmus+ and clearly popular with an increase in student uptake from 3,000 in 1987 to over 300,000 today. Recent studies show that students from lower socio-economic backgrounds are less likely to study abroad than better-off students, thereby benefitting less from improved employment opportunities and language competences often associated with mobility. Unequal uptake is generally explained by students’ choices: disadvantaged students hold lower social capital which leads them to decide against mobility. However, not much is known about the importance of students’ selection into universities and fields of study. Using multilevel logistic regressions, this article examines whether social segregation in universities and field of study matters beyond individual characteristics for explaining unequal Erasmus mobility uptake. The study exploits rich population data of around 200,000 UK first-degree graduates of the year 2014/2015 deriving from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data. Results show that while student characteristics like ability and social status are important predictors of Erasmus mobility, they only explain one part of unequal uptake. In addition, social segregation of universities and fields of study contribute to the unequal mobility pattern found. Student mobility is less common for students enrolled in fields of study and universities attended by disadvantaged students conditional on student characteristics. This implies that student mobility could become more inclusive if grant funding and incentives targeted universities attended by a high proportion of disadvantaged students.

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难道不是仅由于学生的选择而导致对伊拉斯mus斯流动性的不平等吸收？选择对大学和研究领域的作用

Erasmus学生流动性是Erasmus +最受认可的要素，并且显然受到欢迎，其学生人数从1987年的3,000人增加到今天的300,000人。最近的研究表明，社会经济背景较低的学生比富裕的学生出国留学的可能性较小，因此，与流动相关的就业机会和语言能力的提高，受益较少。吸收不平等的现象通常由学生的选择来解释：处境不利的学生的社会资本较低，这导致他们决定拒绝流动。但是，对于选择学生进入大学和学习领域的重要性知之甚少。使用多级逻辑回归，本文研究了大学和研究领域中的社会隔离是否超出个人特征，对于解释不平等的伊拉斯mus流动性吸收而言是否重要。这项研究利用了来自高等教育统计局（HESA）数据的2014/2015年度约200,000英国英国应届毕业生的丰富人口数据。结果表明，虽然学生的能力和社会地位等特征是伊拉斯姆斯流动性的重要预测指标，但它们只能解释不平等吸收的一部分。此外，大学和研究领域的社会隔离导致了所发现的不平等流动模式。对于那些就读于学习领域的学生和弱势学生就读的大学而言，学生的流动性不那么普遍，这取决于学生的特征。