Who Benefits from the Elimination of School Enrolment Fees? Evidence from Ecuador
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6166987 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Priscila Hermida (0000-0002-5632-0420, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Issue | 74 |
| Pages | 69-132 |
| Publication date | 2014-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0120-3584 • E-ISSN: 1900-7760 |
| Publisher | Universidad de los Andes (PUBLISHER • VE) |
| DOI | 10.13043/dys.74.2 |
| OpenAlex | W2115232513 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
This paper evaluates the effect of an enrolment fee elimination program in Ecuador. Using propensity score matching, I estimate the impact of the initiative on dropout rates for primary and secondary school students. Overall, the findings suggest that the program had non-negligible and positive effects on the probability of continuing in school one year after the intervention for those students enrolled in the 2007-2008 school year, in spite of already high enrolment and low dropout rates. The estimated difference between paying and non-paying students in continuation rates is around 2 to 4 percentage points. The impact of fee elimination is heterogeneous to demographic characteristics. Male, urban and non-poor students seem to benefit the most. The program has no effect for female, rural or poorer students. Much bigger differences in continuation rates exist between groups of secondary students. The effects are particularly significant for male secondary school students
Continuation · Demographic economics · Dropout (neural networks · Economics · Intervention (counseling · Matching (statistics · Mathematics education · Medical education · Percentage point · Propensity score matching · School dropout · Significant difference · Sociology · Agricultural risk and resilience · Computer Science · Demography · Medicine · Nursing · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Finance · Surgery
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