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SUMMARY:Sibs\, schools or sorting: What drives educational inequality in E
 ast Africa?  - Sam Jones\, University of Copenhagen
DTSTART:20151109T120000Z
DTEND:20151109T130000Z
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CONTACT:Diane Caldwell-Hird
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Inequality of educational opportunity is frequently 
 considered a primary driver of inequities in well-being. A common measure 
 of limits to educational opportunity is the magnitude of sibling correlati
 ons in educational attainment. These capture a myriad of effects\, includi
 ng shared effects of schools as well as processes of sorting and matching.
  \n\nIn this study I propose a novel variance decomposition\, which identi
 fies the unique contributions of sibs\, schools and sorting effects to var
 iation in learning outcomes. I apply this technique to test score data for
  over one million children across East Africa. The results indicate that s
 chools and households jointly account for over 50 percent of learning ineq
 ualities. However\, the bulk of this effect is due to positive sorting bet
 ween schools and households. 
LOCATION: Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road
 \, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, room 2S4
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