Journal of Public Economics · 2021 · Hessel Oosterbeek、Sándor Sóvágó、Bas van der Klaauw
中文摘要
本文考察族群群体与社会群体之间学校偏好的异质性, 并量化这种异质性对学校隔离的重要性。我们使用来自阿姆斯特丹中学入学匹配的丰富数据。我们的核心发现是: 对学校的偏好异质性相当可观, 按族群衡量的学校隔离中有 40%、按家庭收入衡量的学校隔离中有接近 25% 可归因于这种异质性。能力分轨是学校隔离的另一主要决定因素。政策模拟的结果表明, 少数族裔配额能相当程度地降低能力分轨内部的隔离, 但其代价是许多学生被分配到偏好程度较低的学校, 且未获分配学生的比例更高。
Abstract
This paper examines heterogeneity of school preferences between ethnic and social groups and quantifies the importance of this heterogeneity for school segregation. We use rich data from the secondary-school match in Amsterdam. Our key findings are that heterogeneity of preferences for schools is substantial and that 40% of school segregation by ethnicity and close to 25% of school segregation by household income, can be attributed to it. Ability tracking is the other main determinant of school segregation. Results from policy simulations indicate that minority quotas reduce segregation within ability tracks considerably, but this comes at the cost of many students receiving less-preferred assignments and a higher share of unassigned students.