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The Geographies of Segregation in French Universities from 2006 to 2016

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  • Pierre Courtioux

    (PSB - Paris School of Business - HESAM - HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université, CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Tristan-Pierre Maury

    (EDHEC - EDHEC Business School - UCL - Université catholique de Lille)

  • Johan Seux

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Since the French university system is non-selective, the question of segregation has long remained unaddressed. However, the recent increase in enrolment, as well as the implementation of clusterbuilding policies, have brought the issue of university segregation and its geography to the forefront. This article proposes the first exhaustive geographical decomposition of segregation in French universities. Using a mutual information index, we identify the different local components and layers of social segregation and measure their contribution to the national level of segregation between 2006 and 2016. Our results show that in the French university system, segregation is quite low and tended to decrease over the period. However, we also show that only about 18% of the total segregation is due to macro-scale factors: i.e., social differences across regional areas: social segregation is mainly a local phenomenon that could be reduced with reforms of higher education enrolment policy, implemented at the regional level.

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  • Pierre Courtioux & Tristan-Pierre Maury & Johan Seux, 2023. "The Geographies of Segregation in French Universities from 2006 to 2016," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-04118941, HAL.
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    Keywords

    Segregation; Higher Education; Diversity; France; Ségrégation; Enseignement supérieur; Mixité sociale;
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    JEL classification:

    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • R10 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General

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