Peers with Special Needs: Effects and Policies

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Balestra, Simone; Eugster, Beatrix; Liebert, Helge
• 署名单位: University of St Gallen; University of Zurich
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00960
• 发表日期: 2022-05
• 页码: 602-618
• 关键词: Random assignment; classroom; IMPACT; achievement; students; incentives; CHILDREN

摘要

In light of the debate over inclusive education, this paper evaluates the impact of exposure to special needs (SN) peers. More classroom peers with SN lower performance, the probability of entering postcompulsory education, and income at ages 17 to 25. SN students and students at the lower end of the achievement distribution suffer most from higher inclusion. We analyze the effects of reallocation policies to alleviate negative externalities, and demonstrate that inclusion is preferable to segregation in terms of maximizing average test scores.