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This study estimates the expected long-term budgetary benefits to investing into Roma education in Hungary. By … money into Roma education would pay off even in fiscal terms. In order to be successful, investments should take place in … investing into somebody's education will lead to benefits not only to the person in question but also to the whole society. We …
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This paper estimates the effect of school starting age on academic performance using the 2006 "National Assessment of Basic Competencies" (NABC), focusing on disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged children. The instrumental variable estimates of the school starting age imply that those who start...
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The paper looks at school segregation in Hungary by ethnicity (Roma versus non-Roma) and social disadvantage. We use comprehensive data from the National Assessment of Basic Competences from 2006. School segregation is measured at various levesl: by micro-regions, within towns and cities, and...
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The paper looks at secondary school attendance and grade retention after 8th grade in Hungary. It makes use of panel data of the Hungarian Life Course Survey from 2006 through 2009. Three and a half years after finishing 8th grade, ninety per cent of the children are in school, three quarters on...
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-Roma students is almost entirely explained by social differences in income, wealth and parental education, and ethnic factors do not …
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The distribution of Roma and non-Roma students across schools has become considerably more unequal in Hungary since the 1980's. 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...
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Using the panel data of the Hungarian Life Course Survey from 2006 through 2012 we analyze the educational attainment of a cohort of Hungarian Roma and non-Roma students. This cohort started high school in 2006. High school dropout rate is 10 percent among non-Roma, whereas nearly 50 percent...
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, wealth and parental education, while ethnic factors do not play an important role. Two major mediating mechanisms can be …-quality education is also strongly related to social differences, Roma students seem to face additional disadvantages as subjects of …
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This study estimates the expected long-term budgetary benefits to investing into Roma education in Hungary. By … money into Roma education would pay off even in fiscal terms. In order to be successful, investments should take place in … investing into somebody’s education will lead to benefits not only to the person in question but also to the whole society. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003435355
The paper looks at secondary school attendance and grade retention after 8th grade in Hungary. It makes use of panel data of the Hungarian Life Course Survey from 2006 through 2009. Three and a half years after finishing 8th grade, ninety per cent of the children are in school, three quarters on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008665071