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High-achieving minority students can have more friends and fewer adversaries : evidence from Hungary
Hajdu, Tamás; Kertesi, Gábor; Kézdi, Gábor - 2015
This study examines friendship and hostility relations between Roma students and the ethnically homogeneous non-Roma majority in Hungarian schools, where anti-Roma sentiments are strong. High-achieving Roma students have significantly more friends and fewer adversaries than low-achieving ones...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451370
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Inter-ethnic friendship and hostility between Roma and non-Roma students in Hungary : the role of exposure and academic achievement
Hajdu, Tamás; Kertesi, Gábor; Kézdi, Gábor - 2017
This study examines friendship and hostility relations between Roma students and the ethnically homogeneous non-Roma majority in Hungarian schools. Using data on friendship and hostility relations of 15-year-old students from 82 schools the study focuses on the interaction between exposure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011867723
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Health differences at birth between Roma and non-Roma children in Hungary : long-run trends and decompositions
Hajdu, Tamás; Kertesi, Gábor; Kézdi, Gábor - 2017
-Roma children in Hungary between 1981 and 2010. It focuses on differences in average birth weight and average gestational age, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011867740
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Iskolázatlan szülők gyermekei és roma fiatalok a középiskolában : seszámoló az Educatio Életpálya-felvételének 2006 és 2009 közötti hullámaiból
Kertesi, Gábor; Kézdi, Gábor - 2010
The paper looks at secondary school attendance and grade retention after 8th grade in Hungary. It makes use of panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008665071
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Roma employment in Hungary after the post-communist transition
Kertesi, Gábor; Kézdi, Gábor - 2010
We analyze the magnitude and the causes of the low formal employment rate of the Roma in Hungary between 1993 and 2007 … differences. -- Roma minority ; employment ; education ; Hungary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008757658
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The Roma/non-Roma test score gap in Hungary
Kertesi, Gábor; Kézdi, Gábor - 2010
This paper documents and decomposes the test score gap between Roma and non-Roma 8th graders in Hungary in 2006. Our … entirely accounted for by differences in parental education and income. -- test score gap ; Roma minority ; Hungary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008758549
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Ethnic segregation between Hungarian schools : long-run trends and geographic distribution
Kertesi, Gábor; Kézdi, Gábor - 2012
areas. These relationships strengthened over time in Hungary, and the change in segregation is associated with changes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009668328
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A roma és nem roma tanulók teszteredményei közti különbségekről és e különbségek okairól
Kertesi, Gábor; Kézdi, Gábor - 2012
This study quantifies the achievement gap between Roma and non-Roma students in Hungary and assesses the potential … skill development of Roma and other disadvantaged children. -- test score gap ; Roma minority ; Hungary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009546867
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School segregation, school choice and educational policies in 100 Hungarian towns
Kertesi, Gábor; Kézdi, Gábor - 2013
The distribution of Roma and non-Roma students across schools has become considerably more unequal in Hungary since the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764546
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On the test score gap between Roma and non-Roma students in Hungary and its potential causes
Kertesi, Gábor; Kézdi, Gábor - 2014
Using unique data from Hungary, we assess the gap in standardized test scores between Roma and non-Roma students and … ethnic test score gap in Hungary is nearly entirely explained by social differences in income, wealth and parental education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010239274