Living and Learning Separately? Ethnic Segregation of School Children in Copenhagen

2007/06/01 by Beatrice Schindler Rangvid · 121 citations
Social Sciences · #Demographic economics #Demography #Economic growth #Economics #Ethnic group #Geography #Index of dissimilarity #Population #School Choice and Performance #Socioeconomic status #Sociology #Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

paper · doi:10.1080/00420980701302338

published in Urban Studies 44(7), 1329-1354 (SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

Documenting the level of ethnic residential and school segregation in Copenhagen shows low levels of residential segregation due to suburbanisation (opposite to the US experience), but high levels of school segregation, which for some student groups reach levels comparable to the extreme segregation typical for US cities. Thus, the evidence from Copenhagen suggests that low residential segregation does not necessarily translate into moderate school segregation: when school choice options are available (public and, in particular, private), low residential segregation is compatible with high school segregation levels. A decomposition suggests that socioeconomic differences do not seem to be the main driving-force behind school segregation.

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