Bordering the area of spatial relevance for schools: a stochastic network approach using the example of Hamburg, Germany

Most approaches to spatial definitions of schooling markets are based on assumptions which may cause incorrect estimates. This paper presents stochastic network analysis as an alternative approach. Based upon individual student data of the metropolis Hamburg, the results are compared to those of tra...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Leist, Marcus Pietsch
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Language:English
Published: Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography 2017-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/20332
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description Most approaches to spatial definitions of schooling markets are based on assumptions which may cause incorrect estimates. This paper presents stochastic network analysis as an alternative approach. Based upon individual student data of the metropolis Hamburg, the results are compared to those of traditional approaches. First, this article gives a short introduction to the current setting of Germany’s educational system, the national efforts for school improvement and the relevance of an adequate spatial definition of a market in this context. Subsequently, the applied method and the essential data structure are described. Following the identification of local and regional schooling markets in Hamburg by applying stochastic network analysis, the authors quantify meso- and small-scale competition amongst schools involved in the transition of students from primary to secondary schools in context of social composition.
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Bordering the area of spatial relevance for schools: a stochastic network approach using the example of Hamburg, Germany
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competition
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geography of education
school market
stochastic network analysis
title Bordering the area of spatial relevance for schools: a stochastic network approach using the example of Hamburg, Germany
title_full Bordering the area of spatial relevance for schools: a stochastic network approach using the example of Hamburg, Germany
title_fullStr Bordering the area of spatial relevance for schools: a stochastic network approach using the example of Hamburg, Germany
title_full_unstemmed Bordering the area of spatial relevance for schools: a stochastic network approach using the example of Hamburg, Germany
title_short Bordering the area of spatial relevance for schools: a stochastic network approach using the example of Hamburg, Germany
title_sort bordering the area of spatial relevance for schools a stochastic network approach using the example of hamburg germany
topic competition
segregation
geography of education
school market
stochastic network analysis
url https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/20332
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