Avitabile, Ciro
High School Track Choice and Financial Constraints Evidence from Urban Mexico. / Avitabile, Ciro. [electronic resource] : Avitabile, Ciro. - Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2015. - 1 online resource (43 p.) - Policy research working papers. World Bank e-Library. .
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.
10.1596/1813-9450-7427
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Average treatment effect
Career
College
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Effective schools & teachers
Elite schools
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Exam
Fees
Geographic distribution
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Graduate
Graduation rate
Grants
High school
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Higher education
Human capital
Information technology
ITS
Labor markets
Learning
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Low-income students
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Middle school
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Ministry of education
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Number of students
Number of students per teacher
Open access
Parental education
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Primary education
Public education
Public school
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Returns to education
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School attendance
School census
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School principals
School program
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School quality
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School year
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Students
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University
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Upper secondary
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High School Track Choice and Financial Constraints Evidence from Urban Mexico. / Avitabile, Ciro. [electronic resource] : Avitabile, Ciro. - Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2015. - 1 online resource (43 p.) - Policy research working papers. World Bank e-Library. .
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.
10.1596/1813-9450-7427
Academic ability
Academic achievement
Academic quality
Academic year
Access to university
Achievement
Achievement standards
Assignment mechanism
Average treatment effect
Career
College
College education
Curriculum
Dropout rate
Economic development
Economics of education
Education
Education for all
Education institutions
Education level
Education programs
Educational modalities
Educational outcomes
Effective schools & teachers
Elite schools
Employment
Enrollment
Ethnic composition
Exam
Fees
Geographic distribution
Grade levels
Graduate
Graduation rate
Grants
High school
High school level
High school students
High schools
Higher education
Human capital
Information technology
ITS
Labor markets
Learning
LET
Literature
Low-income students
Lower secondary
Lower secondary school
Middle school
Middle schools
Ministry of education
Mobility
Number of students
Number of students per teacher
Open access
Parental education
Pedagogical methods
Primary education
Public education
Public school
Public schools
Returns to education
Scholarships
School attendance
School census
School completion
School curriculum
School days
School facilities
School infrastructure
School level
School principals
School program
School programs
School quality
School students
School supplies
School vouchers
School year
Schooling
Secondary education
Secondary enrollment
Secondary school
Secondary schooling
Skills
Statistics
Student ability
Students
Students per teacher
Study
Teacher
Teachers
Technical education
Technical schools
Technical track
Tertiary education
Tertiary level
Test scores
Training
Tuition
Tuition costs
Tuition fees
University
University degree
University programs
Upper secondary
Upper secondary education
Upper secondary level
Vocational education
Vocational school
Vocational schools
Vouchers
Workshops