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Location and Education in South African Cities under and after Apartheid

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Selod, H.
Zenou, Y.

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We present a model that focuses on the links between location and educational choices in South African cities. Be comparing the Apartheid city and the post-Apartheid city, we show that the inequality in South Africa between blacks and whites decreases when Apartheid laws are removed.

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Paper provided by Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1) in its series Papiers d'Economie Mathématique et Applications with number 1999.88.

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Date of creation: 1999
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Keywords: EDUCATION ; COMPETITION ; MARKET;

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  1. Selod, Harris & Zenou, Yves, 2002. "Private versus Public Schools in Post-Apartheid South African Cities: Theory and Policy Implications," CEPR Discussion Papers 3358, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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