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School segregation, school choice, and educational policies in 100 Hungarian towns

Kertesi, Gábor and Kézdi, Gábor (2013) School segregation, school choice, and educational policies in 100 Hungarian towns. Roma Education Fund, Budapest.

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Abstract

The distribution of Romani and non-Romani students across schools has become considerably more unequal in Hungary since the 1980s. This paper analyzes the effect of school choice and local educational policies on that inequality, known as school segregation, in 100 Hungarian towns.We combine administrative data with data from a survey that we collected from municipality administrations with respect to local educational policies and the ethnic composition of neighborhoods. Our results indicate that in Hungarian towns, free school choice diminishes the role of residential distribution because many students commute to schools of their choice. Towns where such commuting is more pronounced are characterized by stronger inter-school inequalities.We also find that local educational policies have, on average, somewhat segregationist tendencies, though there is substantial heterogeneity across towns. The more segregationist the local policies are, the higher the segregation in the town, thus suggesting that local policies have room to influence school segregation in this system. However, the impact of local educational policies is weaker than the role of school choice.

Item Type: Book
Subjects: L Education / oktatás > L1 Education (General) / oktatás általában
Depositing User: Réka Sramek
Date Deposited: 16 Dec 2013 10:22
Last Modified: 16 Dec 2013 10:22
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/8125

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