Ethnic segregation and educational performance at secondary school in Bradford and Leicester

Ron Johnston, Deborah Wilson and Simon Burgess ()

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Abstract: Evidence suggests considerable variation among British ethnic groups in their performance at different stages of their educational careers. Many members of those groups are concentrated in particular parts of certain cities, and as a consequence many attend ethnically-segregated schools. Using pupil- and school-level data from the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC) in England, this paper explores the relationship between performance and various student and school characteristics in Bradford (which has a large Pakistani population) and Leicester (with a large Indian population). It finds evidence of a correlation between school ethnic composition and performance in Bradford but not Leicester.

Keywords: ethnic segregation; schools; attainment levels; Bradford; Leicester (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2006-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cwa, nep-edu, nep-hrm, nep-soc and nep-ure
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Journal Article: Ethnic Segregation and Educational Performance at Secondary School in Bradford and Leicester (2007)
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