Dr Tarek Mostafa

  • Qualifications and position:
    • BA, MA, PhD in Economics
    • Research Officer
  • Faculty:
  • Department:
  • Centre:
  • Summary:
    • Economics of Education, School choice and stratification, competitiveness, applied econometrics, multilevel and panel data analyses.
  • Teaching:
    • Graduate teaching: Economic Perspectives of Education Policy. With Rebecca Allen.
  • Research Projects:
    • Eurofound, Secondary analyses of the Fifth European Working conditions Survey.
      European Commission, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP). Research on the social benefits of VET for social groups and communities in a cross European context.
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Economics of Education: Inequalities, Stratification and social justice, competitiveness.
  • Professional Activities:
    • Research associate at the University of London "Institute of Education - Centre for Research on Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES)". Summer 2008.
      2007 - In charge of econometric studies on the EDESCO project "Education and Social Cohesion", a National Research Agency (ANR) project.
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Berlin, Germany (12-16 September 2011). European Conference on Educational Research, organized by the European Educational Research Association. Presentation of "Pre-School Education and Care - A 'Win-Win' Policy?"

      Gothenburg, Sweden (11-17 July 2010). XVII World Congress of Sociology. New Forms and Different Levels of Social Inequality in a Modern World.

      Istanbul, Turkey (14-18 June 2010). XIV World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Bogazici University. Inclusion and Exclusion in Education Policy and Practice.
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • OECD countries.
      Morocco, Lebanon.
  • Media Appearances:
    • Yes
  • Languages Spoken:
    • English (Advanced)
      French (Advanced)
      Arabic (Advanced)
  • Languages Written:
    • English (Advanced)
      French (Advanced)
      Arabic (Advanced)
Dr Tarek Mostafa

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Publications

  • Mostafa, T. (2011) 'Decomposing Inequalities in Performance Scores: The Role of Student Background, Peer Effects and School Characteristics', International Review of Education Volume 56, N 5, p.567–589.
  • Mostafa, T. (2011) 'The Anatomy of Inequalities in Educational Achievements: An International Investigation Using PISA data' In Prenzel, M., Kobarg, M., Schöps, K. and Rönnebeck, S. (eds), Research in the Context of the Programme for International Student Assessment. OECD: Paris.
  • Mostafa, T. and Preston, J. (2011) Measuring the Impact of vocational Education and Training on Participation in Clubs, Associations, and Political Parties. LLAKES Research paper, forthcoming.
  • Mostafa, T. and Green, A. (2011) Pre-School Education and Care - A 'Win-Win' Policy?. LLAKES Research paper, forthcoming.
  • Mostafa, T. and Hanchane, S. (2010) Endogeneity Problems in Multilevel Estimation of Education Production Functions: an Analysis Using PISA Data. LLAKES Research paper N° 14, Institute of Education, University of London.
  • Mostafa, T., Preston, J. and Green, A. (2010) The Chimera of Competitiveness: Varieties of Capitalism and the Economic Crisis. LLAKES Research paper N° 8, Institute of Education, University of London.
  • (2009) The Anatomy of Inequalities in Educational Achievements: An International Investigation on the Effects of Stratification. Research paper, LLAKES, Institute of Education, University of London.
  • with Saïd Hanchane (2007) Educational Quality, Communities, and Public School Choice: a Theoretical Analysis. Working paper LEST. halshs-00177630_v2, HAL.
  • with Said Hanchane (2007) School choice: income, peer effects, and the formation of inequalities. Working paper LEST. halshs-00009533_v3, HAL.