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Assessing Educational Poverty in Italy over Time: A Multidimensional Approach

In: Cultural, Social, and Political Participation in the Internet Era

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  • Felice Russo

    (University of Salento, Department of Economic Sciences)

  • Debora Assisi

    (University of Salento, Department of Economic Sciences)

  • Abbey Walusimbi

    (University of Salento, Department of Economic Sciences)

Abstract

This study examines the degree of educational poverty experencied by pupils in the Italian school system. We analyse educational poverty in Italy using both the multidimensional educational headcount ratio index and the class of additive multidimensional poverty measures proposed by Alkire and Foster (2011), according to the union and intersection methods. These indices allow considering different aspects of educational deprivation, i.e. incidence, breadth, severity, and inequality. We exploit official Italian data collected by INVALSI for various grades of primary and secondary school. INVALSI aims to evaluate all Italian students at different school levels through standardised tests related to achievement in Italian, Mathematics, and English. We first present and discuss our findings on multidimensional educational poverty in the national context over recent years. Furthermore, to highlight heterogeneity across population subgroups, we focus on Italian macro-areas, gender, immigration background (native vs. migrant background), and socio-economic and cultural status. Finally, we briefly discuss the policy implications emerging from our analysis.

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  • Felice Russo & Debora Assisi & Abbey Walusimbi, 2027. "Assessing Educational Poverty in Italy over Time: A Multidimensional Approach," Contributions to Economics, in: Roberto Cellini & Tiziana Cuccia & Francesco Drago & Marco Romano & Gianpiero Torrisi (ed.), Cultural, Social, and Political Participation in the Internet Era, pages 127-147, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:conchp:978-3-032-33072-7_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-33072-7_8
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