Urban Density and Pupil Attainment. CEE DP 80

Autor/inn/en	Gibbons, Stephen; Silva, Olmo
Institution	London School of Economics & Political Science, Centre for the Economics of Education
Titel	Urban Density and Pupil Attainment. CEE DP 80
Quelle	(2007), (51 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	2045-6557
ISBN	978-0-8532-8202-0
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; School Choice; Academic Achievement; Urban Areas; Foreign Countries; Students; Cohort Analysis; Educational Attainment; Disadvantaged Environment; Urban Environment; Population Distribution; Urban Population; Aptitude Treatment Interaction; Models; Achievement Gains; School Statistics; Community Benefits; Educational Benefits; Robustness (Statistics); Educational Policy; Competition; Educational Resources; Performance Factors; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; Economic Impact; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Schulleistung; Ausland; Student; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Kohortenanalyse; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Stadtökologie; Demographical distribution; Bevölkerungsverteilung; Stadtbevölkerung; Analogiemodell; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Bildungsertrag; Widerstandsfähigkeit; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Wettkampf; Bildungsmittel; Leistungsindikator; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Ökonomische Determinanten
Abstract	We explore the association between urban density and pupil attainment using three cohorts of pupils in schooling in England. Although--as widely recognised--attainment in dense urban places is low on average, this is not because urban environments disadvantage pupils, but because the most disadvantaged pupils with low average attainments attend the most urbanised schools. To control for this, we exploit changes in urban density faced by pupils during compulsory transition from Primary to Secondary school, and measure educational progress at the end of the Secondary phase, relative to attainments at the end of Primary schooling. Our results suggest that there are small but significant benefits from education in schools in more densely urbanised settings: Pupils in schools in relatively dense places--measured in terms of school density and other urban indicators--progress faster than others in their cohort, but the elasticity is low, at around 0.02. We detect this density advantage even amongst pupils moving relatively short distances between Primary and Secondary schools within urban areas, so we cannot attribute it to broad urbanisation effects experienced by pupils making rural-urban school moves. A more likely explanation lies in greater school choice and competition between closely co-located educational providers. Estimation of Two-Way Fixed Effects is appended. (Contains 6 tables, 1 figure and 18 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10