Explaining Ethnic Disparities in Bachelor’s Qualifications: Participation, Retention and Completion in New Zealand

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aut.embargofalseen_NZ
aut.researcherPacheco, Gail
dc.contributor.authorMeehan, Len_NZ
dc.contributor.authorPacheco, Gen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorPushon, Zen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-15T00:24:56Z
dc.date.available2019-03-15T00:24:56Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_NZ
dc.date.issued2017en_NZ
dc.description.abstractThere are substantial ethnic gaps in higher education in NZ, despite more than a decade of considerable policy effort aimed at this concern. This study uses newly linked administrative data to examine the underachievement of Māori and Pasifika relative to Europeans. We follow a population cohort born between 1990 and 1994 from school through to young adulthood to assess the relative contributions of prior academic performance, socioeconomic status and parental education to these gaps. Controlling for the relevant covariates narrows the Māori-European gap and completely eliminates the Pasifika-European gap in bachelor’s degree participation rates. Utilising Fairlie decompositions, we find that school performance is by far the largest contributor to the ethnic gaps. Low socioeconomic status and parental education are also pertinent, but less important. Our results suggest that ethnicbased policies aimed at encouraging participation are likely to have a limited effect if used in isolation, and signal the need for policy interventions earlier in the education system.
dc.identifier.citationMeehan, L., Pacheco, G. & Pushon, Z. (2017). Explaining ethnic disparities in bachelor’s qualifications: participation, retention and completion in NZ. New Zealand Productivity Commission Working Paper 2017/01
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/12359
dc.publisherNew Zealand Productivity Commission
dc.relation.urihttps://www.productivity.govt.nz/working-paper/explaining-ethnic-disparities-in-bachelor%E2%80%99s-qualifications-participation-retention-anden_NZ
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dc.titleExplaining Ethnic Disparities in Bachelor’s Qualifications: Participation, Retention and Completion in New Zealanden_NZ
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