School Closure and Educational Attainment: Evidence from a Market-based System
Author
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Grau Veloso, Nicolás
Author
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Hojman Trujillo, Daniel
Author
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Mizala Salcés, Alejandra
Admission date
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2017-03-30T19:54:50Z
Available date
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2017-03-30T19:54:50Z
Publication date
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2017
Cita de ítem
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Serie Documentos de Trabajo No. 439, pp. 1 - 34, Enero, 2017
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Identifier
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/143400
Abstract
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This paper studies the effect of school closure in the Chilean market-oriented educational
system. Between 2000 and 2012 the system exhibited a large turnover: 1,651
schools closed -roughly one-sixth of the current stock- and 3,029 new schools entered,
mostly private-voucher schools. We use a large panel of administrative data, which contains
individual students’ academic achievement and socio-demographic characteristics,
to estimate some of the potential educational costs of this dynamics. We identify a causal
effect of school closures on school dropouts and grade retention. School closure increases
the probability of high-school dropout between 46 and 62 percent (1.7 and 2.3 percentage
points). Also, school exit implies a 78 percent increase in the probability of grade retention
in fifth grade. If we only consider those students that switch school at the end of the
4th grade we find an increase between 4.8 and 4.9 percentage points in grade retention.
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Lenguage
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en
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Publisher
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Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Economía y Negocios