Income, school fees, and racial desegregation in post-Apartheid South Africa: Evidence from Cape Town public secondary schools
| dc.contributor.author | Startz, Meredith | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-25T09:36:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-04-25T09:36:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-04-25T08:41:05Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to measure the impact of exemptions from school fees on the desegregation of formerly white and coloured schools in post-apartheid South Africa. Schools which were designated for whites under apartheid often charge high fees, equal to a substantial portion of average black and coloured households' income. Consequently, policy makers have worried that fees act as a mechanism for de facto racial segregation in schools, and have created income-tested fee exemption policies to counteract this effect. However, I find no evidence that eligibility for a fee exemption increases the probability that a black student will attend a formerly coloured or white school, or that a coloured student will attend a formerly white school. I also find no statistically significant relationship between income and school choice for black students, and a small, significant relationship for coloured students. The results of this analysis show that income and fees, contrary to conventional wisdom, may not be key factors in the choice between racially defined school categories. This finding calls into question the relevance of the current fee exemption policy, and suggests that we need to develop a more nuanced understanding of the dynamics of race and inequality in South African schools. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Startz, M. (2010). <i>Income, school fees, and racial desegregation in post-Apartheid South Africa: Evidence from Cape Town public secondary schools</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19171 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Startz, Meredith <i>Income, school fees, and racial desegregation in post-Apartheid South Africa: Evidence from Cape Town public secondary schools.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19171 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Startz, M. (2010). Income, school fees, and racial desegregation in post-Apartheid South Africa: Evidence from Cape Town public secondary schools. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Startz, Meredith AB - This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to measure the impact of exemptions from school fees on the desegregation of formerly white and coloured schools in post-apartheid South Africa. Schools which were designated for whites under apartheid often charge high fees, equal to a substantial portion of average black and coloured households' income. Consequently, policy makers have worried that fees act as a mechanism for de facto racial segregation in schools, and have created income-tested fee exemption policies to counteract this effect. However, I find no evidence that eligibility for a fee exemption increases the probability that a black student will attend a formerly coloured or white school, or that a coloured student will attend a formerly white school. I also find no statistically significant relationship between income and school choice for black students, and a small, significant relationship for coloured students. The results of this analysis show that income and fees, contrary to conventional wisdom, may not be key factors in the choice between racially defined school categories. This finding calls into question the relevance of the current fee exemption policy, and suggests that we need to develop a more nuanced understanding of the dynamics of race and inequality in South African schools. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Income, school fees, and racial desegregation in post-Apartheid South Africa: Evidence from Cape Town public secondary schools TI - Income, school fees, and racial desegregation in post-Apartheid South Africa: Evidence from Cape Town public secondary schools UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19171 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19171 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Startz M. Income, school fees, and racial desegregation in post-Apartheid South Africa: Evidence from Cape Town public secondary schools. 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19171 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.title | Income, school fees, and racial desegregation in post-Apartheid South Africa: Evidence from Cape Town public secondary schools | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |