TY - JOUR
T1 - High-crime environments and educational efficiency
T2 - A spatial case study
AU - Munoz-Galeano, Alejandro
AU - López-Estrada, Sebastian
AU - Arbona, Alexei
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2025/1
Y1 - 2025/1
N2 - This study explores the relationship between urban crime and educational efficiency in 301 schools in Cali, Colombia in the year 2018, including results from the Saber 11 standardized test and school pass rates. The main objective is to assess how high-crime environments, measured by homicide rates, influence the loss of educational efficiency. To achieve this, a non-parametric approach is applied, incorporating homicides as an environmental variable. The analysis reveals three key findings. First, accounting for homicides in studies of educational efficiency proves essential in areas with elevated crime rates. Second, a significant negative association between homicides and school efficiency is observed, with schools experiencing an average efficiency loss of 1.05% when operating in high-crime areas. Third, the relationship between homicides and the loss of educational efficiency follows an inverted U-shaped pattern, suggesting that the effects of crime on education are complex and nonlinear.
AB - This study explores the relationship between urban crime and educational efficiency in 301 schools in Cali, Colombia in the year 2018, including results from the Saber 11 standardized test and school pass rates. The main objective is to assess how high-crime environments, measured by homicide rates, influence the loss of educational efficiency. To achieve this, a non-parametric approach is applied, incorporating homicides as an environmental variable. The analysis reveals three key findings. First, accounting for homicides in studies of educational efficiency proves essential in areas with elevated crime rates. Second, a significant negative association between homicides and school efficiency is observed, with schools experiencing an average efficiency loss of 1.05% when operating in high-crime areas. Third, the relationship between homicides and the loss of educational efficiency follows an inverted U-shaped pattern, suggesting that the effects of crime on education are complex and nonlinear.
KW - Conditional model
KW - Education
KW - Efficiency
KW - Urban crime
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85209921836
SN - 0883-0355
VL - 129
JO - International Journal of Educational Research
JF - International Journal of Educational Research
M1 - 102509
ER -