One more effort for equality of opportunity

Dialogues économiques
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Does everyone have the same opportunity to succeed at school? While there is a certain consensus on the inequalities caused by social differences, a team of researchers demonstrates that the effort of each pupil is underestimated in explaining school results.

Reference
M. N. Asadullah, A. Trannoy, S. Tubeuf, G. Yalonetzky, 2021. "Measuring educational inequality of opportunity : Pupil’s effort matters" World Development. 138, 105262.
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