TY - JOUR
T1 - What matters in education: a decomposition of educational outcomes with multiple measures
AU - Li, Jinjing
AU - Miranti, Riyana
AU - Vidyattama, Yogi
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Significant variations in educational outcomes across both the spatial and socioeconomic spectra in Australia have been widely debated by policymakers in recent years. This paper examines these variations and decomposes educational outcomes into 3 major input factors: availability of school resources, socioeconomic background, and a latent factor that links to the specificities of the local education system such as efficiencies. The proposed method respects the multi-dimensional nature of educational outcomes by estimating structural parameters of an extended education production function with multiple outcome measures. The results indicate that all factors contribute to the variations. Nevertheless, socioeconomic factors dominate non-school-based measures such as the tertiary education enrolment rate. The study also reveals significant differences in education system efficiencies across areas, suggesting compounding factors are often responsible for poor educational performance.
AB - Significant variations in educational outcomes across both the spatial and socioeconomic spectra in Australia have been widely debated by policymakers in recent years. This paper examines these variations and decomposes educational outcomes into 3 major input factors: availability of school resources, socioeconomic background, and a latent factor that links to the specificities of the local education system such as efficiencies. The proposed method respects the multi-dimensional nature of educational outcomes by estimating structural parameters of an extended education production function with multiple outcome measures. The results indicate that all factors contribute to the variations. Nevertheless, socioeconomic factors dominate non-school-based measures such as the tertiary education enrolment rate. The study also reveals significant differences in education system efficiencies across areas, suggesting compounding factors are often responsible for poor educational performance.
KW - Education inequality
KW - education production function
KW - educational outcome
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85017166076&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/matters-education-decomposition-educational-outcomes-multiple-measures
U2 - 10.1080/13803611.2017.1311795
DO - 10.1080/13803611.2017.1311795
M3 - Article
SN - 1380-3611
VL - 23
SP - 3
EP - 25
JO - Educational Research and Evaluation
JF - Educational Research and Evaluation
IS - 1-2
ER -