Inequality of Educational Opportunity : The Relationship between Access, Affordability, and Quality of Private Schools in Lagos, Nigeria

Using data from a census of private schools in one of Lagos, Nigeria’s administrative jurisdictions, this paper explores the linkages between a heterogeneous sector of private schools and issues of school access, affordability, quality, and ultimately social mobility for households at the bottom of...

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Main Authors:	Baum, Donald R., Abdul-Hamid, Husein, Wesley, Hugo T.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2018
Subjects:	PRIVATE SCHOOL SCHOOL CHOICE POVERTY ACCESS TO EDUCATION SOCIAL MOBILITY INCOME DISTRIBUTION PRIMARY EDUCATION INEQUALITY
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30145

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spelling	okr-10986-301452021-05-25T10:54:40Z Inequality of Educational Opportunity : The Relationship between Access, Affordability, and Quality of Private Schools in Lagos, Nigeria Baum, Donald R. Abdul-Hamid, Husein Wesley, Hugo T. PRIVATE SCHOOL SCHOOL CHOICE POVERTY ACCESS TO EDUCATION SOCIAL MOBILITY INCOME DISTRIBUTION PRIMARY EDUCATION INEQUALITY Using data from a census of private schools in one of Lagos, Nigeria’s administrative jurisdictions, this paper explores the linkages between a heterogeneous sector of private schools and issues of school access, affordability, quality, and ultimately social mobility for households at the bottom of the income distribution. Although a large private education market has buoyed Lagos’s growth towards near-universal primary enrolment, this heterogeneous school sector appears to be providing socially stratifying paths towards educational attainment. We apply Lucas’s theory of effectively maintained inequality to assess the extent to which access to higher quality education services within the private sector is determined by cost. We find that higher-cost private schools provide students with greater opportunities to study in institutions with higher quality inputs and increased potential for progression within the educational system. As such, it is highly likely that these schools are primarily accessible to students at the upper ends of the income distribution. 2018-08-06T18:28:20Z 2018-08-06T18:28:20Z 2018 Journal Article Oxford Review of Education 0305-4985 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30145 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Nigeria
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topic	PRIVATE SCHOOL SCHOOL CHOICE POVERTY ACCESS TO EDUCATION SOCIAL MOBILITY INCOME DISTRIBUTION PRIMARY EDUCATION INEQUALITY
spellingShingle	PRIVATE SCHOOL SCHOOL CHOICE POVERTY ACCESS TO EDUCATION SOCIAL MOBILITY INCOME DISTRIBUTION PRIMARY EDUCATION INEQUALITY Baum, Donald R. Abdul-Hamid, Husein Wesley, Hugo T. Inequality of Educational Opportunity : The Relationship between Access, Affordability, and Quality of Private Schools in Lagos, Nigeria
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description	Using data from a census of private schools in one of Lagos, Nigeria’s administrative jurisdictions, this paper explores the linkages between a heterogeneous sector of private schools and issues of school access, affordability, quality, and ultimately social mobility for households at the bottom of the income distribution. Although a large private education market has buoyed Lagos’s growth towards near-universal primary enrolment, this heterogeneous school sector appears to be providing socially stratifying paths towards educational attainment. We apply Lucas’s theory of effectively maintained inequality to assess the extent to which access to higher quality education services within the private sector is determined by cost. We find that higher-cost private schools provide students with greater opportunities to study in institutions with higher quality inputs and increased potential for progression within the educational system. As such, it is highly likely that these schools are primarily accessible to students at the upper ends of the income distribution.
format	Journal Article
author	Baum, Donald R. Abdul-Hamid, Husein Wesley, Hugo T.
author_facet	Baum, Donald R. Abdul-Hamid, Husein Wesley, Hugo T.
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title	Inequality of Educational Opportunity : The Relationship between Access, Affordability, and Quality of Private Schools in Lagos, Nigeria
title_short	Inequality of Educational Opportunity : The Relationship between Access, Affordability, and Quality of Private Schools in Lagos, Nigeria
title_full	Inequality of Educational Opportunity : The Relationship between Access, Affordability, and Quality of Private Schools in Lagos, Nigeria
title_fullStr	Inequality of Educational Opportunity : The Relationship between Access, Affordability, and Quality of Private Schools in Lagos, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Inequality of Educational Opportunity : The Relationship between Access, Affordability, and Quality of Private Schools in Lagos, Nigeria
title_sort	inequality of educational opportunity : the relationship between access, affordability, and quality of private schools in lagos, nigeria
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2018
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Inequality of Educational Opportunity : The Relationship between Access, Affordability, and Quality of Private Schools in Lagos, Nigeria

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