Foster children's school attainment : evidence from metropolitan Cape Town
Type
Thesis
Authors
Category
ECCE, Foundation, Intermediate, Senior
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Publication Year
2012
Publisher
University of Cape Town, School of Economics, Cape Town, South Africa
URL
[ private ]
Pages
119 p.
Subject
Early childhood education, Primary education, Secondary education, Foster children, Grade attainment level, School performance, South Africa
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Abstract
In this paper, I examine the school attainment of foster children using data from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS), collected in the Metropole of Cape Town. Based on cross-sectional data, I show that foster children have a lower grade attainment level than children who live with both their parents, even when they reside in the same household. In particular, double orphans and children with two absent parents perform relatively poorly. However, these disparities may be driven by unobservable factors that differ between foster and biological children ... Based on an individual fixed effects analysis in which children are examined between the ages of 7 and 17, there is no evidence that separating from parents has a significant effect on the probabilities of advancing from the previous grade. However, non-constant effects of fostering appear to be present.
Description
Thesis (MCom)--University of Cape Town, 2012
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