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Economics Letters

On the Sources of the Black–white Test Score Gap in Europe

Journal Article
Reference
Patacchini, Eleonora and Yves Zenou (2009). “On the Sources of the Black–white Test Score Gap in Europe”. Economics Letters 102(1), 49–52. doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2008.11.010

Authors
Eleonora Patacchini, Yves Zenou

Differences between black and white students in Britain are investigated. If black parents would invest in education as much as white parents do, the racial test score gap in mathematics and reading would be reduced by 7 and 9%.