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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w19607
来源ID	Working Paper 19607
	Credit Constraints and the Racial Gap in Post-Secondary Education in South Africa
	David Lam; Cally Ardington; Nicola Branson; Murray Leibbrandt
发表日期	2013-11-07
出版年	2013
语种	英语
摘要	This paper analyzes the impact of high school household income and scholastic ability on post-secondary enrollment in South Africa. Using longitudinal data from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS), we analyze the large racial gaps in the proportion of high school graduates who enroll in university and other forms of post-secondary education. Our results indicate that family background and high school achievement (measured by a literacy and numeracy exam and performance on the grade 12 matriculation exam) are strong predictors of post-secondary enrollment and statistically account for all of the black-white difference in enrollment. Controlling for parental education and baseline scholastic ability reduces the estimated impact of household income on university enrollment, though there continues to be an effect at the top of the income distribution. We also find evidence of credit constraints on non-university forms of post-secondary enrollment. Counterfactual estimates indicate that if all South Africans had the incomes of the richest whites, African university enrollment would increase by 65%, even without changing parental education or high school academic achievement. The racial gap in university enrollment would narrow only slightly, however as our results suggest that this gap in postsecondary enrollment results mainly from the large racial gap in high school academic achievement.
主题	Health, Education, and Welfare ; Education ; Labor Economics ; Demography and Aging ; Labor Supply and Demand
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w19607
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/577282
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	David Lam,Cally Ardington,Nicola Branson,et al. Credit Constraints and the Racial Gap in Post-Secondary Education in South Africa. 2013.