One Measure of Segregation*

Hutchens, Robert

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2354.2004.00136.x

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“…However, it does not fulfil all the desired properties of a segregation index (see Hutchens 2004 andAllen andVignoles 2007, for discussions). In particular, it does not fulfil the property of scale invariance, which implies invariance to relative changes in group proportions.…”

Section: The Overexposure Segregation Indexmentioning

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Parental choice, neighbourhood segregation or cream skimming? An analysis of school segregation after a generalized choice reform

2016

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This paper studies the evolution of school segregation in Sweden in the aftermath of the 1992 universal voucher reform, which spurred the establishment of new independent schools and introduced parental choice. We assess the relative importance of neighbourhood segregation, parental choice and the location of independent schools for school segregation. In particular, we exploit variation in school choice opportunities across municipalities and provide descriptive evidence that in regions where J Popul Econ (2016) school choice has become more prevalent, school segregation between immigrants and natives, and between children of high/low educated parents, has increased more than in regions where choice is limited. This result also holds when we account for residential segregation and focus on excess segregation over and above the segregation that would occur if all pupils attended their assigned schools. We find that the increase in school segregation 15 years after the reform that can be attributed to choice is relatively small.

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Section: The Overexposure Segregation Indexmentioning

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Parental choice, neighbourhood segregation or cream skimming? An analysis of school segregation after a generalized choice reform

2016

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“…So far as I am aware, they do not offer the specific geometric interpretation of displacement that is available for G and D. But they are like G and D in satisfying the criterion of segregation curve dominance and their values correlate very closely with values of D and G in empirical analyses. Hutchens (2004) makes the case that R has attractive options for certain kinds of analysis based on being "additively decomposable" where G and D are not.…”

Section: Is Separation a Distinct Dimension Of Segregation?mentioning

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Distinctions Between Displacement and Separation

Fossett

2017

New Methods for Measuring and Analyzing Segregation

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The previous chapter documents that the separation index (S) can reveal the presence of important aspects of residential segregation that cannot be reliably established by examining the more widely used dissimilarity index (D). Specifically, S reliably indicates whether groups are separated and live apart from each other in different areas of the city and experience substantially different residential outcomes -at minimum with respect to area racial composition and potentially also on other neighborhood outcomes that co-vary with area racial composition. High values on S thus signal that groups are residentially separated and reside apart from each other in areas that are polarized on racial composition. The same cannot be said for D. To the contrary, D can and sometimes does take high values when two groups are not residentially separated and in fact live together in the same neighborhoods and experience quantitatively similar residential outcomes on area racial composition. Thus, high values on D cannot and do not reliably signal the presence of group residential separation and neighborhood racial polarization.

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“…Thus, the Dissimilarity Index (D) measures the proportion of minority children who should move to another school in order to get an even distribution (Duncan and Duncan, 1955), and the Hutchens Index (H) is perfectly decomposable in social sub-units such as districts or institutional sectors (Hutchens, 2004). Conversely, the Isolation Index (I) and its correction (IC) capture the proportion of minority students in the same school for an averaged student minority.…”

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The new Other Catalans at school: decreasing unevenness but increasing isolation

Valiente

Rambla

2009

International Studies in Sociology of Education

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This study estimates the trends of school segregation in Catalonia (Spain) between 2001 and 2006. Currently, new immigration has reopened the debate about the ‘Other Catalans’ triggered by concern with the integration of the incoming population. An ‘intersectional approach’ to social divisions suggests that class and ethnic school segregation responds to strategic parental choice and informal policy arrangements. School segregation indices report a more even distribution in most localities, reinforced isolation of ‘foreign students’ in a few public schools in some large cities and a persistent divide between more comprehensive public schools and selective private‐dependent schools in a variety of towns. According to these findings, the analytical approach points at some clues to make sense of impact of distributive policies, the influence of policy contradictions and the success of mobilisation and lobbying political strategies

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One Measure of Segregation*

Cited by 139 publications

References 14 publications

Parental choice, neighbourhood segregation or cream skimming? An analysis of school segregation after a generalized choice reform

Parental choice, neighbourhood segregation or cream skimming? An analysis of school segregation after a generalized choice reform

Distinctions Between Displacement and Separation

The new Other Catalans at school: decreasing unevenness but increasing isolation

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