Xiang, L orcid.org/0000-0002-2032-9706, Stillwell, J orcid.org/0000-0002-8803-2001, Burns, L orcid.org/0000-0003-0164-3668 et al. (1 more author) (2020) Measuring and Assessing Regional Education Inequalities in China under Changing Policy Regimes. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 13. pp. 91-112. ISSN 1874-463X
Abstract
China’s uneven regional economic development and decentralisation of its education system have led to increasing regional education disparities. Here, we introduce a new multidimensional index, the Index of Regional Education Advantage (IREA), underpinned by Amartya Sen’s capability approach, to evaluate the effectiveness of policies targeted at reducing regional/provincial educational inequalities in China since 2005. The analysis of the distribution of IREA scores and the decomposition of the index reveals that education in north-eastern China is better than in the south-west part of the country, a pattern which lacks conformity with the eastern, middle and western macro-divisions adopted by Central Government as the basis of policy implementation. In addition, the education of migrant children and the low transfer rate into high schools are identified as key issues requiring Government attention.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2019. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
Keywords: | Regional education inequalities; index; capability approach; education policy; China |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Centre for Spatial Analysis & Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2019 14:28 |
Last Modified: | 24 Feb 2020 10:58 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s12061-019-09293-8 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:142745 |
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