Low Quality Education as a Poverty Trap
Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers No.25/2011. Initially a synthesis report to PSPPD
22 Pages Posted: 31 May 2017
Date Written: 2011
Abstract
The weak quality of education received by most poor children in South Africa places them in permanent disadvantage relative to those attending the mainly more affluent and better performing schools. This document draws from a large number of studies undertaken for a major project and summarises this evidence, which illustrating that low quality schools act as a poverty trap.
Keywords: School Quality, Poverty, Inequality, Development, South Africa
JEL Classification: I21, I24, J31
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Van der Berg, Servaas and Burger, Cobus and Burger, Rulof and de Vos, Mia and du Rand, Gideon and Gustafsson, Martin A. and Moses, Eldridge and Shepherd, Debra L. and Spaull, Nicholass and Taylor, Stephen and van Broekhuizen, Hendrik and von Fintel, Dieter, Low Quality Education as a Poverty Trap (2011). Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers No.25/2011. Initially a synthesis report to PSPPD, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2973766 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2973766
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