2015
DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-7427
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High School Track Choice and Financial Constraints: Evidence from Urban Mexico

Abstract: 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 vocat… Show more

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“…Chiapa et al (2012) show that Mexico's Progresa increased beneficiary parents' educational aspirations for their children. Finally, Avitabile et al (2015) find that, in Mexico City, Oportunidades increased students' probability of choosing a vocational track, which is associated with higher labor market returns when entering the labor market after completing secondary education.…”
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“…Chiapa et al (2012) show that Mexico's Progresa increased beneficiary parents' educational aspirations for their children. Finally, Avitabile et al (2015) find that, in Mexico City, Oportunidades increased students' probability of choosing a vocational track, which is associated with higher labor market returns when entering the labor market after completing secondary education.…”
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“…Este resultado parece paradójico porque el promedio de registros en este método en la OCDE es enorme, un total de (Avitabile, Bobba y Pariguana, 2015). Completar estos programas es altamente rentable, y Urzúa (2017), utilizando datos de Perú y Chile, concluye que el beneficio privado neto de completar programas técnicos o vocacionales no universitarios (descuentos de matrícula) puede ser mucho más rentable en algunas profesiones como la obtención de un diploma en algunos programas universitarios (Urzúa, 2017).…”
Section: Desigualdades En La Oferta De La Educación Superiorunclassified