Résumé
We study how a large household windfall affects sorting of relatively disadvantaged youth over high school tracks by exploiting the discontinuity in the assignment of a welfare program in Mexico. The in-cash transfer is found to significantly increase the probability of selecting vocational schools as the most preferred options vis-a-vis other more academically oriented education modalities. We find support for the hypothe- sis that the receipt of unearned income allows some students to choose a schooling career with higher out-of-pocket expenditures and higher expected returns. The ob- served change in stated preferences across tracks effectively alters school placement, and bears a positive effect on later education outcomes.
Mots-clés
school choice; tracking; financial constraints; vocational education; returns to education; regression discontinuity design;
Codes JEL
- D83: Search • Learning • Information and Knowledge • Communication • Belief
- I21: Analysis of Education
- I24: Education and Inequality
- J24: Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity
Référence
Ciro Avitabile, Matteo Bobba et Marco Pariguana, « High School Track Choice and Financial Constraints: Evidence from Urban Mexico », TSE Working Paper, n° 16-661, juin 2016, révision mai 2017.
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Publié dans
TSE Working Paper, n° 16-661, juin 2016, révision mai 2017