School Segregation in Europe by Immigrant Status: Does the Distribution of Resources Exacerbate its Effects?

Olga Alonso-Villar and Coral del Rio Otero

No 2501, Working Papers from Universidade de Vigo, Departamento de Economía Aplicada

Abstract: In this paper, firstly, we offer a methodological framework to assess the between-school sorting of any target group of students (grouped by either family socioeconomic status, nativity, race, ethnicity, or any other characteristic) taking into account school resources adjusted for educational needs. We develop a family of indicators, which meet several basic criteria, with which we can analyze school segregation and school opportunities to learn in an integrated way. Secondly, we provide a comparative analysis in Europe of the between-school sorting of students by birthplace drawing on PISA 2022. Distinguishing among students from three family backgrounds (natives, first-generation immigrants, and second-generation immigrants), we document that, in many countries, segregation is accompanied by important differences about the human resources per pupil of schools, especially when school educational needs are taken into account, which accentuates the transmission of inequality. However, not all countries share this pattern or do not do it with the same intensity.

Keywords: School segregation; school resources; school needs; immigrant children (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 I24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2025-01
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