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¬†ana lysis.¬†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¬† ‚Äútypes‚Äù,¬†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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