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Ethnic Segregation in England's Schools

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Simon Burgess
Deborah Wilson ()

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We document ethnic segregation in secondary schools in England in 2001 in order to contribute to the debate on the degree of ethnic group social integration. We use indices of dissimilarity and isolation to compare the patterns of segregation across nine ethnic groups. We find that levels of ethnic segregation in England’s schools are high, with considerable variation both across LEAs and across different minority ethnic groups. By combining the two indices we are able to identify areas of particular concern as scoring highly on both. For pupils of Asian origin, we find that these areas coincide almost exactly with the locations of the severe disorders in the summer of 2001. Finally, we show that ethnic segregation is only weakly related to income segregation.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, University of Bristol, UK in its series The Centre for Market and Public Organisation with number 03/086.

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Date of creation: Aug 2003
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Keywords: ethnic segregation schools spatial income clustering

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  1. Simon Burgess & Ruth Lupton & Deborah Wilson, 2004. "Parallel lives? Ethnic segregation in the playground and the neighbourhood," The Centre for Market and Public Organisation 04/094, Department of Economics, University of Bristol, UK. [Downloadable!]
  2. Simon Burgess & Brendon McConnell & Carol Propper & Deborah Wilson, 2004. "Sorting and Choice in English Secondary Schools," The Centre for Market and Public Organisation 04/111, Department of Economics, University of Bristol, UK. [Downloadable!]
  3. Schnepf, Sylke Viola, 2004. "How Different Are Immigrants? A Cross-Country and Cross-Survey Analysis of Educational Achievement," IZA Discussion Papers 1398, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  4. Ron Johnston & Simon Burgess & Richard Harris & Deborah Wilson, 2006. "‘Sleep-Walking Towards Segregation’? The Changing Ethnic Composition of English Schools, 1997-2003 – an Entry Cohort Analysis," The Centre for Market and Public Organisation 06/155, Department of Economics, University of Bristol, UK. [Downloadable!]
  5. Ron Johnston & Deborah Wilson & Simon Burgess & Richard Harris, 2006. "School and Residential Ethnic Segregation:An Analysis of Variations across England’s Local Education Authorities," The Centre for Market and Public Organisation 06/145, Department of Economics, University of Bristol, UK. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Ron Johnston & Deborah Wilson & Simon Burgess, 2006. "Ethnic segregation and educational performance at secondary school in Bradford and Leicester," The Centre for Market and Public Organisation 06/142, Department of Economics, University of Bristol, UK. [Downloadable!]
  8. Stephen P. Jenkins & Peter Lynn & Annette Jäckle & Emanuela Sala, 2005. "Linking Household Survey and Administrative Record Data : What Should the Matching Variables Be?," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 489, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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