Educational expenditure in South Africa: Evidence from the National Income Dynamics Study

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dc.creatorBranson, Nicola
dc.creatorKekana, Dineo
dc.creatorLam, David
dc.date2014-02-06T10:23:12Z
dc.date2014-02-06T10:23:12Z
dc.date2013-12
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:35Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:35Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionDifferential education expenditure by racial group was a pillar in the architecture of apartheid. School systems diverged by racial group, with large funding and curriculum differences (Fiske and Ladd, 2004). In 1994, spending on white learners was about 1.5 times the spending on urban African learners and more than four times the spending on rural African learners (Fiske and Ladd, 2004). Since 1994 much focus has been paid by government to redress these educational expenditure inequalities with policies such as the National Norms and Standards for School Funding (NNSSF) and the rollout of the no fee schools program disproportionately allocating state funds to low socioeconomic schools and the fee‐exemption policy providing low income households and grant recipients access to free education. Little is however known about how these policies have affected household educational expenditure across the income distribution.
dc.descriptionNicola Branson is postdoctoral research fellow in the Southern African Labour Development Unit at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Dineo Kekana is a research intern in the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) at UCT. David Lam is Professor of Economics and Research Professor in the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan.
dc.identifier978-1-920517-65-6
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/688
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - National Income Dynamics Study KW - NIDS KW - Educational Expenditure KW - South Africa LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Educational expenditure in South Africa: Evidence from the National Income Dynamics Study TI - Educational expenditure in South Africa: Evidence from the National Income Dynamics Study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/688 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/688
dc.languageen
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relationSALDRU Working Papers;124
dc.subjectNational Income Dynamics Study
dc.subjectNIDS
dc.subjectEducational Expenditure
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.titleEducational expenditure in South Africa: Evidence from the National Income Dynamics Study
dc.typeWorking Paper
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uct.type.resourceWorking Paperen_ZA
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