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ERIC Number: ED608525
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Aug
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What Determines School Segregation? The Crucial Role of Neighborhood Factors. Working Paper 27688
Caetano, Gregorio S.; Macartney, Hugh
National Bureau of Economic Research
We develop a novel strategy to identify the relative importance of school and neighborhood factors in determining school segregation. Using detailed student enrollment and residential location data, our research design compares differences in student composition between adjacent Census blocks served by different schools to analogous differences between those schools. Our findings indicate that neighborhood factors explain around 62% of racial segregation and 44% of economic segregation across all schools, playing an even more pronounced role in urban areas, where school segregation has been especially acute. These findings suggest that the involvement of urban planners is essential when attempting to confront inequality of opportunity through education. [Support was provided from the Bonbright Center at the University of Georgia.]
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research
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