School closure and educational attainment: Evidence from a market-based system
School closure and educational attainment: Evidence from a market-based system
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DOI：
10.1016/j.econedurev.2018.05.003
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发表时间：
2018-08-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Mizala, Alejandra
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作者：
Grau, Nicolas;Hojman, Daniel;Mizala, Alejandra
本文研究了智利市场化教育体系中学校停课的影响。在2002至2011年间，该系统出现了巨大的更替：1282所学校关闭--大约是目前存量的十分之一--2350所新学校进入，其中大部分是私立代金券学校。我们使用一大组管理数据，其中包含个别学生的学业成绩和社会人口学特征，以估计这种动态变化的一些潜在教育成本。我们确定了学校停课对辍学和年级保持的因果影响。学校关闭使高中辍学率增加了49%至68%(1.8至2.5个百分点)。此外，退学意味着五年级留级的概率增加了3.9到4.4个百分点。
This paper studies the effect of school closure in the Chilean market-oriented educational system. Between 2002 and 2011 the system exhibited a large turnover: 1282 schools closed -roughly one-tenth of the current stock- and 2350 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 49 and 68% (1.8 and 2.5 percentage points). Also, school exit implies between 3.9 and 4.4 percentage points increase in the probability of grade retention in fifth grade.