SubsidieMeestersUNEQUAL EDucation: The Role of Educational Constraints in Shaping Inequalities
Project UNEQUALED investigates educational constraints affecting human capital investment decisions using large-scale interventions to identify and quantify barriers to learning and opportunities.
Projectdetails
Introduction
Project UNEQUALED aims to study educational constraints faced by individuals at a stage when they are planning their future investments in human capital. Despite its importance, understanding the determinants of educational choices has been a longstanding challenge for two important reasons.
Challenges in Understanding Educational Choices
First, it requires broad, representative data. Secondly, because the environment in which individuals’ educational plans are formed and adjusted is typically endogenous to their characteristics. I will tackle these issues using large interventions on nationally representative samples of individuals.
Specific Questions Addressed
Different parts of project UNEQUALED target specific questions that will help construct an overall picture. The project will seek to understand and quantify the role of the different barriers in leading to unequal learning and opportunities and the effects of easing the constraints. Specifically, the project will ask:
- Can the easing of technological constraints reduce learning inequality?
- What role does ICT access and training play for distance learning?
- Does differential social exposure within the classroom impact student outcomes?
- Can role models help an individual reach their goal?
- How important are psychological (or socio-emotional) barriers for achievement?
Methodology
I will address each part using detailed micro longitudinal data, but at a macro level (large scale, nationally representative samples). I plan to combine economic concepts with field interventions, experiments, and rich econometric and computer science tools to analyze big datasets and to causally estimate the impact of the components that drive the adjustment in educational plans, and ultimately, how these factors influence later educational outcomes.
Impact Assessment
All projects will aim to capture the short and long-run impacts. To carry off this ambitious research project, I will work with a large and interdisciplinary network of researchers specializing in economics, statistics, computer science, management science, and public policy.
Financiële details & Tijdlijn
Financiële details
| Subsidiebedrag | € 1.862.332 |
| Totale projectbegroting | € 1.862.332 |
Tijdlijn
| Startdatum | 1-9-2022 |
| Einddatum | 31-8-2027 |
| Subsidiejaar | 2022 |
Partners & Locaties
Projectpartners
- FONDATION NATIONALE DES SCIENCES POLITIQUESpenvoerder
Land(en)
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Changing Inequality at Educational Transitions
EDUCHANGE conducts simultaneous field experiments in Denmark, Germany, Hungary, and Iceland to reduce educational inequality during key transitions through innovative career guidance and information provision.
Understanding and fighting inequity in education: breaking the cycle between socioeconomic disadvantage, low confidence, and resignation.
The EMANCIPATE project aims to understand and combat social inequity in education by addressing students' self-perceptions and implementing interventions to boost confidence and motivation.
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The OPPORTUNITY project investigates how ability signals influence high-stakes decision-making and perpetuate socio-economic inequalities, aiming to inform policies that enhance equality of opportunity.
Semi-Structural Econometric Methods for the Analysis of Inequality
This project aims to critically evaluate existing statistical tools for measuring inequality and develop new methods to provide robust structural interpretations, enhancing policy insights for reducing inequality.
Education policies that work: A context-sensitive ‘big data’ approach
EDUPOL conducts a comprehensive analysis of neoliberal and democratic educational policies' interplay to identify effective policy combinations for improving quality and equality in education.