Educational outcomes and socioeconomic status: A decomposition analysis for middle-income countries

This article analyzes the factors that explain the gap in educational outcomes between the top and bottom quartile of students in different countries, according to their socioeconomic status. To do so, it uses PISA microdata for 10 middle-income and 2 high-income countries, and applies the Oaxaca-Bl...

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Autores: Nieto Viramontes, Sandra, Ramos Lobo, Raúl
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2015
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositório:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/105442
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/105442
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Qualitat de l'ensenyament
Eficàcia de l'ensenyament
Programes de millora de l'eficàcia escolar
Innovacions educatives
Educational quality
Effective teaching
School improvement programs
Educational innovations
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Resumo:This article analyzes the factors that explain the gap in educational outcomes between the top and bottom quartile of students in different countries, according to their socioeconomic status. To do so, it uses PISA microdata for 10 middle-income and 2 high-income countries, and applies the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method. Its results show that students' individual variables only explain differences in high-income countries; meanwhile, school and teacher quality, and better practices, matter even in different institutional settings. From a policy perspective, this evidence supports actions to improve school and teacher quality in order to reduce cross-country differences and differences between students at the top and bottom of socioeconomic distribution.