Analyzing the Dynamics of School Dropout in Upper Secondary Education in Latin America : A Cohort Approach
This study examines trends in school dropout at the upper secondary education level across Latin America over the past two decades, and attempts to identify factors influencing these rates. The methodology contributes to the existing literature by...
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SKILLS COMPARATIVE EDUCATION ECONOMIC GROWTH BASIC EDUCATION TEACHERS DROPOUT RATE SCHOOLING SCHOOL DROPOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT INTERACTIVE RADIO INSTRUCTION MARGINAL COST MARKET FACTORS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ATTENDANCE RATES INTERACTIVE RADIO EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATION POLICY LABOR FORCE DROPOUT PATTERNS ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES HIGH SCHOOL POLITICAL ECONOMY EDUCATION OUTCOMES EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION SYSTEMS HIGHER EDUCATION EDUCATION EXPENDITURES INCENTIVES HIGHER ENROLLMENT RE-ENTRY MODELS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ADULTS ACCESS TO EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES PER CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COMPLETION RATES GENDER GAP QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING TEACHER TRAINING DEMAND FOR EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT POPULATION GROWTH ECONOMETRICS OPTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE PRIMARY SCHOOLING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LEARNING EDUCATION SYSTEM SCHOOL QUALITY PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS NATURAL RESOURCES PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES RADIO SCHOOL- AGE RESOURCES EDUCATION SYSTEMS UNEMPLOYMENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION BENEFITS OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE DROPOUT RATES INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION PRIMARY COMPLETION STUDENT POPULATION ENROLLMENT RATES WAGES EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION VALUES SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE EFFECTIVE TEACHERS EDUCATION REFORM ECONOMIC VALUE POLICY MAKERS EDUCATION SERVICES LEARNING OUTCOMES PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS CREDIT PURCHASING POWER DEMAND EXPANSION OF EDUCATION ENROLLMENT RATE MARGINAL BENEFITS MARGINAL COSTS EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EXPENDITURES PARENTAL PRIORITIES EARLY CHILDHOOD DECISION MAKING CLASS SIZE HIGH DROPOUT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OPPORTUNITY COSTS TRANSACTION COSTS ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COHORT ANALYSIS ADOLESCENTS EARLY DROPOUT TEACHER DISCOUNT RATES QUALITY OF EDUCATION SERVICES RADIO INSTRUCTION ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE ENROLLMENT LEVELS EDUCATION EXPANSION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS EDUCATION COST PER STUDENT SCHOOL PERFORMANCE CLASS SIZES PRIVATE COSTS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT PRIMARY EDUCATION FORMAL SCHOOLING LABOR MARKETS CLASSROOM SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT DEMOGRAPHICS PRICES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS SCHOOL AGE RETURNS TO EDUCATION |
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SKILLS COMPARATIVE EDUCATION ECONOMIC GROWTH BASIC EDUCATION TEACHERS DROPOUT RATE SCHOOLING SCHOOL DROPOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT INTERACTIVE RADIO INSTRUCTION MARGINAL COST MARKET FACTORS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ATTENDANCE RATES INTERACTIVE RADIO EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATION POLICY LABOR FORCE DROPOUT PATTERNS ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES HIGH SCHOOL POLITICAL ECONOMY EDUCATION OUTCOMES EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION SYSTEMS HIGHER EDUCATION EDUCATION EXPENDITURES INCENTIVES HIGHER ENROLLMENT RE-ENTRY MODELS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ADULTS ACCESS TO EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES PER CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COMPLETION RATES GENDER GAP QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING TEACHER TRAINING DEMAND FOR EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT POPULATION GROWTH ECONOMETRICS OPTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE PRIMARY SCHOOLING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LEARNING EDUCATION SYSTEM SCHOOL QUALITY PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS NATURAL RESOURCES PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES RADIO SCHOOL- AGE RESOURCES EDUCATION SYSTEMS UNEMPLOYMENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION BENEFITS OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE DROPOUT RATES INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION PRIMARY COMPLETION STUDENT POPULATION ENROLLMENT RATES WAGES EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION VALUES SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE EFFECTIVE TEACHERS EDUCATION REFORM ECONOMIC VALUE POLICY MAKERS EDUCATION SERVICES LEARNING OUTCOMES PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS CREDIT PURCHASING POWER DEMAND EXPANSION OF EDUCATION ENROLLMENT RATE MARGINAL BENEFITS MARGINAL COSTS EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EXPENDITURES PARENTAL PRIORITIES EARLY CHILDHOOD DECISION MAKING CLASS SIZE HIGH DROPOUT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OPPORTUNITY COSTS TRANSACTION COSTS ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COHORT ANALYSIS ADOLESCENTS EARLY DROPOUT TEACHER DISCOUNT RATES QUALITY OF EDUCATION SERVICES RADIO INSTRUCTION ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE ENROLLMENT LEVELS EDUCATION EXPANSION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS EDUCATION COST PER STUDENT SCHOOL PERFORMANCE CLASS SIZES PRIVATE COSTS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT PRIMARY EDUCATION FORMAL SCHOOLING LABOR MARKETS CLASSROOM SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT DEMOGRAPHICS PRICES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS SCHOOL AGE RETURNS TO EDUCATION Bentaouet Kattan, Raja Székely, Miguel Analyzing the Dynamics of School Dropout in Upper Secondary Education in Latin America : A Cohort Approach |
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Latin America & Caribbean Latin America |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7223 |
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This study examines trends in school
dropout at the upper secondary education level across Latin
America over the past two decades, and attempts to identify
factors influencing these rates. The methodology contributes
to the existing literature by employing repeated cross
sections of data to track the life cycle path of
representative groups of individuals belonging to a birth
cohort, by constructing and analyzing a synthetic data base
of household survey data from 18 countries. A key finding is
that while upper secondary enrollment rates increased in the
region, the proportion of upper secondary age youth dropping
out of school has remained persistently high, despite
relatively favorable macroeconomic conditions. Furthermore,
the study traces the moment in the life cycle at which the
majority of dropout takes place to reveal differences
between countries. Finally, to explain the trends in upper
secondary dropout rates, the study examines the impact of
three groups of factors: (i) shifts in the cohort size and
socioeconomic composition of the population eligible for
entering upper secondary education; (b) the macroeconomic
environment and labor market opportunities; and (c) the
returns to schooling. A series of regressions shows that an
important factor that may be driving higher dropout levels
has been the higher numbers of students from poor
socioeconomic backgrounds reaching the upper secondary
level. In addition, high returns to education have been a
pull factor into the schooling system, while, especially in
countries where the majority of youth dropout early (prior
to upper secondary education), the data confirm an apparent
substitution effect due to the opportunity cost of forgoing
employment opportunities. Overall, the findings confirm the
importance of policy makers' focus on upper secondary
education across Latin America and suggest implications for
focusing the policy agenda. |
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Working Paper |
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Bentaouet Kattan, Raja Székely, Miguel |
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Bentaouet Kattan, Raja Székely, Miguel |
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Bentaouet Kattan, Raja |
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Analyzing the Dynamics of School Dropout in Upper Secondary Education in Latin America : A Cohort Approach |
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Analyzing the Dynamics of School Dropout in Upper Secondary Education in Latin America : A Cohort Approach |
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Analyzing the Dynamics of School Dropout in Upper Secondary Education in Latin America : A Cohort Approach |
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Analyzing the Dynamics of School Dropout in Upper Secondary Education in Latin America : A Cohort Approach |
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Analyzing the Dynamics of School Dropout in Upper Secondary Education in Latin America : A Cohort Approach |
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analyzing the dynamics of school dropout in upper secondary education in latin america : a cohort approach |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/03/24205715/analyzing-dynamics-school-dropout-upper-secondary-education-latin-america-cohort-approach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21671 |
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okr-10986-216712021-04-23T14:04:03Z Analyzing the Dynamics of School Dropout in Upper Secondary Education in Latin America : A Cohort Approach Bentaouet Kattan, Raja Székely, Miguel SKILLS COMPARATIVE EDUCATION ECONOMIC GROWTH BASIC EDUCATION TEACHERS DROPOUT RATE SCHOOLING SCHOOL DROPOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT INTERACTIVE RADIO INSTRUCTION MARGINAL COST MARKET FACTORS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ATTENDANCE RATES INTERACTIVE RADIO EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATION POLICY LABOR FORCE DROPOUT PATTERNS ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES HIGH SCHOOL POLITICAL ECONOMY EDUCATION OUTCOMES EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION SYSTEMS HIGHER EDUCATION EDUCATION EXPENDITURES INCENTIVES HIGHER ENROLLMENT RE-ENTRY MODELS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ADULTS ACCESS TO EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES PER CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COMPLETION RATES GENDER GAP QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING TEACHER TRAINING DEMAND FOR EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT POPULATION GROWTH ECONOMETRICS OPTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE PRIMARY SCHOOLING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LEARNING EDUCATION SYSTEM SCHOOL QUALITY PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS NATURAL RESOURCES PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES RADIO SCHOOL- AGE RESOURCES EDUCATION SYSTEMS UNEMPLOYMENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION BENEFITS OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE DROPOUT RATES INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION PRIMARY COMPLETION STUDENT POPULATION ENROLLMENT RATES WAGES EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION VALUES SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE EFFECTIVE TEACHERS EDUCATION REFORM ECONOMIC VALUE POLICY MAKERS EDUCATION SERVICES LEARNING OUTCOMES PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS CREDIT PURCHASING POWER DEMAND EXPANSION OF EDUCATION ENROLLMENT RATE MARGINAL BENEFITS MARGINAL COSTS EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EXPENDITURES PARENTAL PRIORITIES EARLY CHILDHOOD DECISION MAKING CLASS SIZE HIGH DROPOUT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OPPORTUNITY COSTS TRANSACTION COSTS ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COHORT ANALYSIS ADOLESCENTS EARLY DROPOUT TEACHER DISCOUNT RATES QUALITY OF EDUCATION SERVICES RADIO INSTRUCTION ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE ENROLLMENT LEVELS EDUCATION EXPANSION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS EDUCATION COST PER STUDENT SCHOOL PERFORMANCE CLASS SIZES PRIVATE COSTS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT PRIMARY EDUCATION FORMAL SCHOOLING LABOR MARKETS CLASSROOM SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT DEMOGRAPHICS PRICES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS SCHOOL AGE RETURNS TO EDUCATION This study examines trends in school dropout at the upper secondary education level across Latin America over the past two decades, and attempts to identify factors influencing these rates. The methodology contributes to the existing literature by employing repeated cross sections of data to track the life cycle path of representative groups of individuals belonging to a birth cohort, by constructing and analyzing a synthetic data base of household survey data from 18 countries. A key finding is that while upper secondary enrollment rates increased in the region, the proportion of upper secondary age youth dropping out of school has remained persistently high, despite relatively favorable macroeconomic conditions. Furthermore, the study traces the moment in the life cycle at which the majority of dropout takes place to reveal differences between countries. Finally, to explain the trends in upper secondary dropout rates, the study examines the impact of three groups of factors: (i) shifts in the cohort size and socioeconomic composition of the population eligible for entering upper secondary education; (b) the macroeconomic environment and labor market opportunities; and (c) the returns to schooling. A series of regressions shows that an important factor that may be driving higher dropout levels has been the higher numbers of students from poor socioeconomic backgrounds reaching the upper secondary level. In addition, high returns to education have been a pull factor into the schooling system, while, especially in countries where the majority of youth dropout early (prior to upper secondary education), the data confirm an apparent substitution effect due to the opportunity cost of forgoing employment opportunities. Overall, the findings confirm the importance of policy makers' focus on upper secondary education across Latin America and suggest implications for focusing the policy agenda. 2015-04-02T17:52:05Z 2015-04-02T17:52:05Z 2015-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/03/24205715/analyzing-dynamics-school-dropout-upper-secondary-education-latin-america-cohort-approach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21671 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7223 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Latin America |