Educational poverty as a welfare loss: Low performance in the OECD according to PISA 2012

Antonio Villar

No 16.04, Working Papers from Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper analyses the incidence and intensity of low performance between 15- year old students in the OECD countries, according to the last wave of PISA. Taking level 2 of proficiency as the baseline competence, we approach the measurement of low performance by applying a multidimensional poverty measure that permits interpreting educational poverty as a welfare loss. We use a conventional welfare evaluation function to derive an index that combines the incidence, intensity and inequality of educational poverty. The results show that OECD countries differ in educational poverty much more than in PISA average scores and also that they present different mixes of incidence and intensity.

Keywords: educational poverty; welfare loss; low performance; PISA; OECD. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2016-03
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