Foster children's school attainment: evidence from metropolitan Cape Town

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dc.contributor.advisorLeibbrandt, Murrayen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMohamed, Rahmaen_ZA
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dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
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dc.description.abstractIn this paper, I examine the school attainment of foster children using data from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS), collected in the Metropole of Cape Town. Based on cross-sectional data, I show that foster children have a lower grade attainment level than children who live with both their parents, even when they reside in the same household. In particular, double orphans and children with two absent parents perform relatively poorly. However, these disparities may be driven by unobservable factors that differ between foster and biological children. ... Based on an individual fixed effects analysis in which children are examined between the ages of 7 and 17, there is no evidence that separating from parents has a significant effect on the probabilities of advancing from the previous grade. However, non-constant effects of fostering appear to be present.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMohamed, R. (2012). <i>Foster children's school attainment: evidence from metropolitan Cape Town</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12047en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMohamed, Rahma. <i>"Foster children's school attainment: evidence from metropolitan Cape Town."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12047en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMohamed, R. 2012. Foster children's school attainment: evidence from metropolitan Cape Town. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mohamed, Rahma AB - In this paper, I examine the school attainment of foster children using data from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS), collected in the Metropole of Cape Town. Based on cross-sectional data, I show that foster children have a lower grade attainment level than children who live with both their parents, even when they reside in the same household. In particular, double orphans and children with two absent parents perform relatively poorly. However, these disparities may be driven by unobservable factors that differ between foster and biological children. ... Based on an individual fixed effects analysis in which children are examined between the ages of 7 and 17, there is no evidence that separating from parents has a significant effect on the probabilities of advancing from the previous grade. However, non-constant effects of fostering appear to be present. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Foster children's school attainment: evidence from metropolitan Cape Town TI - Foster children's school attainment: evidence from metropolitan Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12047 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12047
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMohamed R. Foster children's school attainment: evidence from metropolitan Cape Town. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12047en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherApplied Economicsen_ZA
dc.titleFoster children's school attainment: evidence from metropolitan Cape Townen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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