Study for Nothing? Gender and Access to Higher Education in a Developing Country
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4361928 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oswaldo Molina (0000-0001-8323-7166, Pacific University), Diego Santa María (Harvard University Press), Gustavo Yamada (Pacific University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 517-561 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/721907 |
| OpenAlex | W4288439570 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 41 |
We show that the gap in access to higher education between female children at the bottom and at the top of the distribution of household wealth in Peru is greater than among males, and we estimate a structural model of skill formation to assess whether skill development can explain these differences. Our results indicate that boys and girls exhibit similar skill endowments toward the end of their secondary education but experience different returns to skills in terms of access to higher education. Cognitive skills are strong predictors of enrollment for both genders, but noncognitive skills matter only for boys. We also find evidence of gender-specific constraints associated with wealth: while skills explain the majority of the difference in access to higher education between males at the bottom and at the top of the wealth distribution, the female gap in enrollment remains large even after accounting for these factors. Further analysis shows that female children appear to be disproportionately sensitive to the accessibility of higher education. We discuss possible interpretations of this result
Cognition · Cognitive skill · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Distribution (mathematics) · Economic growth · Economics · Gender gap · Higher education · Labour economics · Nothing · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology
The Labor Market Returns to Cognitive and Noncognitive Ability
Family Disadvantage and the Gender Gap in Behavioral and Educational Outcomes
Formulating, Identifying and Estimating the Technology of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skill Formation
The Changing Role of Family Income and Ability in Determining Educational Achievement
Cycling to School
Where the boys aren't
The Technology of Skill Formation
Women Empowerment and Economic Development
The Effect of Parental Transfers and Borrowing Constraints on Educational Attainment
The Effects of Cognitive and Noncognitive Abilities on Labor Market Outcomes and Social Behavior
The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries
The structural relationship between early nutrition, cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills in four developing countries
Labor Market Discrimination in Lima, Peru
Credit for Low-Income Students and Access to and Academic Performance in Higher Education in Colombia
Accessing higher education in developing countries
The formation and evolution of childhood skill acquisition
Estimation of Educational Borrowing Constraints Using Returns to Schooling
Education and Self-Selection
Credit Access and College Enrollment
The Evidence on Credit Constraints in Post‐Secondary Schooling
The Homecoming of American College Women
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |