Selection and educational attainment: Why some children are left behind? : evidence from a middleincome country

Méndez Errico, Luciana - Ramos, Xavier

Resumen:

We model schooling as a sequential process and examine why some children are left behind. We focus on the factors that explain selection at early stages of the education system. Our findings for Uruguay suggest that long-term factors, such as parental background or ethnicity matter across all education stages while the effect of short-term factors, such as family income, wear out as individuals progress in the education system, suggesting a severe selection process at early stages.


Modelamos la escolarización como un proceso secuencial y examinamos por qué algunos niños se quedan atrás. Nos centramos en los factores que explican la selección en las primeras etapas del sistema educativo. Nuestros hallazgos para Uruguay sugieren que los factores a largo plazo, como el origen de los padres o el origen étnico, son importantes en todas las etapas educativas, mientras que el efecto de los factores a corto plazo, como el ingreso familiar, disminuye a medida que los individuos progresan en el sistema educativo, lo que sugiere un proceso de selección severa en etapas tempranas.


Detalles Bibliográficos
2019
Schooling transition
Selection
Inequality
Ethnicity
Cognitive and noncognitive abilities
Sequential dynamic model.
Habilidades no cognitivas
Habilidades cognitivas
Modelo secuencial dinámico
TRANSICIONES EDUCATIVAS
EDUCACION
ETNIA
Inglés
Universidad de la República
COLIBRI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/20428
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Resumen:
Sumario:We model schooling as a sequential process and examine why some children are left behind. We focus on the factors that explain selection at early stages of the education system. Our findings for Uruguay suggest that long-term factors, such as parental background or ethnicity matter across all education stages while the effect of short-term factors, such as family income, wear out as individuals progress in the education system, suggesting a severe selection process at early stages.