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Effect of racial segregation on pro?ciency of Brazilian elementary school students

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  • Roberto Manolio Valladão Flores

    (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Brazil)

  • Luiz Guilherme Dácar da Silva Scorzafave

    (University of São Paulo, Brazil)

Abstract

Recent research has found that black students have worse performance than white students on standardized cognitive tests. Racial segregation is frequently pointed out as one of the main factors behind this situation in the international literature. We studied the effects of racial segregation on the black–white score gap for 5th-grade students in Brazil. Even after the inclusion of several control variables, we found that the higher school racial segregation is, the higher the score differential between white and black students.

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  • Roberto Manolio Valladão Flores & Luiz Guilherme Dácar da Silva Scorzafave, 2014. "Effect of racial segregation on pro?ciency of Brazilian elementary school students," Economia, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics], vol. 15(1), pages 20-29.
    • Handle: RePEc:anp:econom:v:15:y:2014:i:1:20_29
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    Keywords

    School pro?ciency; Racial segregation; Race;
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    JEL classification:

    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth

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