Equality of educational opportunities in Colombia: A metropolitan area comparison

Luis Gamboa and Erika LondoÔøΩo

No 11040, Documentos de Trabajo from Universidad del Rosario

Abstract: Abstract: This  document  aims  to  provide  evidence  about  the  existence  of  different patterns in equality of opportunities in academic achievement during the last  fifteen years in Colombia. The outcomes selected for measuring inequality are the scores obtained on SABER 11 in math as well as reading. It is found that  inequality has grown around 11% in the country, and that this trend is common for all the metropolitan areas included in the analysis. Most of the increase  found comes from factors related to the school market. The fraction of unfair inequality,  conditional  to  the  circumstances  included  in  the  definition  of  “types”, is higher than 20% of gross inequality in 2012.

Keywords: Inequality of Opportunities;  Education;  Colombia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40
Date: 2014-03-03
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