High School Track Choice and Financial Constraints : Evidence from Urban Mexico

High School Track Choice and Financial Constraints : Evidence from Urban Mexico

Parents and students from different socioeconomic backgrounds value differently school characteristics, but the reasons behind this preference heterogeneity are not well understood. In the context of the centralized school assignment system in Mexi...

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Main Authors: Avitabile, Ciro, Bobba, Matteo, Pariguana, Marco
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
SKILLS
EMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSITY DEGREE
COLLEGE
ITS
ACADEMIC QUALITY
TEACHERS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DROPOUT RATE
EDUCATIONAL MODALITIES
UPPER SECONDARY LEVEL
SCHOOLING
PUBLIC EDUCATION
TUITION
STUDENT ABILITY
ENROLLMENT
GROUPS
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGHER EDUCATION
CAREER
PAPERS
SCHOOL CENSUS
BINDING
HIGHER TUITION
AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT
EXAM
HIGH SCHOOLS
OPEN ACCESS
KNOWLEDGE
MIDDLE SCHOOL
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
PRINCIPALS
SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
TRAINING
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
TESTS
GRADUATE
SCHOOL DAYS
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
MOBILITY
SCHOLARSHIPS
UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS
SCHOOL PROGRAMS
SECONDARY SCHOOL
PARENTAL EDUCATION
SCHOOL CURRICULUM
LET
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
LEARNING
RESEARCH
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL STUDENTS
SCHOOL COMPLETION
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
TEST SCORES
SCHOOL LEVEL
GRANTS
COLLEGE EDUCATION
NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER TEACHER
HUMAN CAPITAL
SCHOOL YEAR
TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
STUDY
SCHOOL FACILITIES
WORKERS
STUDIES
COMPLETION
TUITION FEES
VALUES
STUDENT PREFERENCES
STUDENT
SCHOOLS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
PARTICIPATION
TECHNICAL TRACKS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
GRADUATION RATES
ACHIEVEMENT
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
EDUCATION LEVEL
LITERATURE
PEDAGOGICAL METHODS
GRADE LEVELS
LOWER SECONDARY
VOUCHERS
ASSIGNMENT MECHANISM
SECONDARY SCHOOLING
WORKSHOPS
SCHOOL VOUCHERS
TUITION COSTS
CURRICULUM
TEACHER
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
TERTIARY LEVEL
UPPER SECONDARY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS
EDUCATION
LOW-INCOME STUDENTS
LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL
STATISTICS
ETHNIC COMPOSITION
SECONDARY ENROLLMENT
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
FACILITIES
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
STUDENTS PER TEACHER
UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION
FEES
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
LABOR MARKETS
ACCESS TO UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL PROGRAM
ACADEMIC ABILITY
SCHOOL
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
SECONDARY EDUCATION
TERTIARY EDUCATION
ELITE SCHOOLS
ELITE” SCHOOLS
ACADEMIC YEAR
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25094718/high-school-track-choice-financial-constraints-evidence-urban-mexico
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22850
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Summary:Parents and students from different socioeconomic backgrounds value differently school characteristics, but the reasons behind this preference heterogeneity are not well understood. In the context of the centralized school assignment system in Mexico City, this study analyzes how a large household income shock affects choices over high school tracks exploiting the discontinuity in the assignment of the welfare program Oportunidades. The income shock significantly increases the probability of choosing the vocational track vis-a-vis the other more academic-oriented tracks. The findings suggest that the transfer relaxes the financial constraints that prevent relatively low-ability students from choosing the schooling option with higher labor market returns.

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