Decomposing Learning Inequalities in East Africa: How Much Does Sorting Matter

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Decomposing Learning Inequalities in East Africa: How Much Does Sorting Matter

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dc.contributor.author	Anand, Paul
dc.contributor.author	Behrman, Jere R.
dc.contributor.author	Dang, Hai-Anh H.
dc.contributor.author	Jones, Sam
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-16T20:25:45Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-16T20:25:45Z
dc.date.issued	2021-08-10
dc.description.abstract	Inequalities in learning opportunities arise from both household, and school-related factors. Although these factors are unlikely to be independent, few studies have considered the extent to which sorting between schools and households might aggravate educational inequalities. To fill this gap, this article presents a novel variance decomposition, which is then applied to data from over one million children from East Africa. Results indicate that sorting accounts for around 8 percent of the test-score variance, similar in magnitude to the contribution of differences in school quality. Empirical simulations of steady-state educational inequalities reveal that policies to mitigate sorting could substantially reduce educational inequalities over the long run.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	The World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/40895
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dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
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dc.subject	AFRICA
dc.subject	EDUCATION
dc.subject	INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
dc.subject	SORTING
dc.subject	VARIANCE DECOMPOSITION
dc.title	Decomposing Learning Inequalities in East Africa	en
dc.title.subtitle	How Much Does Sorting Matter	en
dc.type	Journal Article
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okr.region.geographical	Africa
okr.topic	Education::Education For All
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Education
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.unit	DECIS - Developmnt Indicators ＆ Data Ser
okr.volume	36 (1)
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