Ethnic and racial disparities in children's education: Comparative evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam

Mohamed Arouri, Adel Ben-Youssef and Cuong Viet Nguyen
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Adel BEN YOUSSEF

No wp-2016-87, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: We investigate whether there are racial and ethnic disparities in children's education in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam. We find that in all the four countries, and especially in Vietnam, children from small ethnic groups have lower education attainment and cognitive ability. The gap in educational attainment and cognitive ability among ethnic children is larger than the gap in school enrolment, and the gap tends to be wider for older children.

Keywords: Children; Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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