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Uppväxt i fel område? - En studie om vilka faktorer som påverkar människors uppnådda utbildningsnivån i sydöstra Europa

Gustafsson, Madeleine LU (2018) NEKH03 20181
Department of Economics
Abstract (Swedish)
Several studies have been made regarding if there is discrimination towards the Roma on the South Eastern European labour market. The main result in previous studies has shown that the salary difference between the majority population and the Roma is to a great extent explained by difference in attained education. This study looks at what factors effects education attainment with the aim to explain why the Roma in general have a lower level of education than the majority population. Using data from UNDP, three different OLS regressions have been calculated. The theory of neighbourhood effects has been used to analyse if the result shows that segregation is one of the factors that effect the difference. Other factors that is expected to... (More)
Several studies have been made regarding if there is discrimination towards the Roma on the South Eastern European labour market. The main result in previous studies has shown that the salary difference between the majority population and the Roma is to a great extent explained by difference in attained education. This study looks at what factors effects education attainment with the aim to explain why the Roma in general have a lower level of education than the majority population. Using data from UNDP, three different OLS regressions have been calculated. The theory of neighbourhood effects has been used to analyse if the result shows that segregation is one of the factors that effect the difference. Other factors that is expected to effect education attainment is controlled for such as family income, parents’ education and number of household members. The result show that there is a neighbourhood effect and that family income, parents’ education as well as number of household members effect the education attainment. The primary common denominator that explains the difference in the regression analysis is however the different ethnicities. The main conclusion from the study is therefore that in order to fully explain the difference, more in-depth research would need to be done. (Less)
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author
Gustafsson, Madeleine LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH03 20181
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
neighbourhood effects, Roma, Europe, education, segregation
language
Swedish
id
8957382
date added to LUP
2018-09-24 15:27:51
date last changed
2018-09-24 15:27:51
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  abstract     = {{Several studies have been made regarding if there is discrimination towards the Roma on the South Eastern European labour market. The main result in previous studies has shown that the salary difference between the majority population and the Roma is to a great extent explained by difference in attained education. This study looks at what factors effects education attainment with the aim to explain why the Roma in general have a lower level of education than the majority population. Using data from UNDP, three different OLS regressions have been calculated. The theory of neighbourhood effects has been used to analyse if the result shows that segregation is one of the factors that effect the difference. Other factors that is expected to effect education attainment is controlled for such as family income, parents’ education and number of household members. The result show that there is a neighbourhood effect and that family income, parents’ education as well as number of household members effect the education attainment. The primary common denominator that explains the difference in the regression analysis is however the different ethnicities. The main conclusion from the study is therefore that in order to fully explain the difference, more in-depth research would need to be done.}},
  author       = {{Gustafsson, Madeleine}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Uppväxt i fel område? - En studie om vilka faktorer som påverkar människors uppnådda utbildningsnivån i sydöstra Europa}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}