The effect of ethnic segregation on teacher mobility
2022 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Sustainable development
Not refering to any SDG
Abstract [en]
We examine the applicability of segregation and tipping points on the labor market of teachers to reconcile if higher levels of ethnic segregation in schools are responded to with labor movement. The main results derived from the research is that overall, there is no statistical significance that affects the sorting of teachers across schools. While the raw data show that higher levels of ethnic segregation yield significant results that give meaning to the idea that qualified teachers move out at different ethnic tipping points in schools, there is no significant effect of ethnic segregation on the number of teachers or the composition of teachers using a fixed effects model. The addition of size and parents' education as variables further emphasizes that negative effects in Malmö municipality cannot be found alongside different tipping points. The result of the study speaks to the number of foreign students in a school being largely irrelevant for teacher mobility across schools in a municipality.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 34
Keywords [en]
Ethnic segregation, tipping point, qualification
National Category
Economics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-113845OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-113845DiVA, id: diva2:1667780
Subject / course
Economics
Educational program
Business Administration and Economics Programme, 240 credits
Presentation
2022-06-01, Weber Hörsal, P G Vejdes väg, 351 95 Växjö, Växjö, 16:45 (English)
Supervisors
Examiners
2022-06-132022-06-102022-06-13Bibliographically approved