The desegregating effect of school tracking

This paper makes the following point: "detracking" schools, that is preventing them from allocating students to classes according to their ability, may lead to an increase in income residential segregation. It does so in a simple model where households care about the school peer group of t...

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Main Authors: De Fraja, Gianni, Martínez-Mora, Francisco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29064/
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29064/
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29064/
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29064/1/MainPaper.pdf