TITLE:
Educational Poverty as a Welfare Loss: Low Performance in the OECD According to PISA 2012
AUTHORS:
Antonio Villar
KEYWORDS:
Educational Poverty, Welfare Loss, Low Performance, PISA, OECD
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.7 No.4,
April
28,
2016
ABSTRACT: This
paper analyses the incidence and intensity of low performance among 15-year old
students in the OECD countries according to PISA 2012. Taking level 2 of
proficiency as the baseline competence, we approach the measurement of low
performance by applying a multidimensional poverty measure that permits
interpreting educational poverty as a welfare loss. We use a conventional
welfare evaluation function to derive an index that combines the incidence, intensity
and inequality of educational poverty. The results show that OECD countries
differ in educational poverty much more than in PISA average scores and also
that they present different mixes of incidence and intensity.