The magnitude of educational disadvantage of indigenous minority groups in Australia |
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| Authors: | Steve Bradley Mirko Draca Colin Green Gareth Leeves |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Economics, The Management School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YX, UK;(2) Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK;(3) Centre for Economic Policy Modeling, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia;(4) Centre for e-Science and Department of Economics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YX, UK;(5) School of Economics, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Indigenous groups are amongst the most disadvantaged minority groups in the developed world. This paper examines the educational disadvantage of indigenous Australians by assessing academic performance at a relatively early age. We find that, by the age of 10, indigenous Australians are substantially behind non-indigenous Australians in academic achievement. Their relative performance deteriorates further over the next 2 years. School and locality do not appear to be important determinants of the indigenous to non-indigenous achievement gap. However, geographic remoteness, indigenous ethnicity and language use at home have a marked influence on educational achievement. A current focus of Australian indigenous policy is to increase school resources. Our results suggest that this will not eliminate indigenous educational disadvantage on its own. |
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| Keywords: | Educational attainment Indigenous minorities |
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