Journal article
Peers with Special Needs: Effects and Policies
- Balestra, Simone University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Eugster, Beatrix University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Liebert, Helge Harvard University, USA
- 2020-8-10
Published in:
- The Review of Economics and Statistics. - MIT Press - Journals. - 2020, p. 1-42
English
In light of the debate over inclusive education, this paper evaluates the impact of exposure to special needs (SN) peers. More classroom peers with SN lower performance, the probability of entering post-compulsory education, and income at ages 17-25. SN students and students at the lower end of the achievement distribution suffer most from higher inclusion. We analyze the effects of reallocation policies to alleviate negative externalities, and demonstrate that inclusion is preferable to segregation in terms of maximizing average test scores.
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1162/rest_a_00960
- ISSN 0034-6535
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/231639
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