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High school track choice and financial constraints : evidence from urban Mexico
멕시코 국외연구자료 기타 Avitabile, Ciro; Bobba, Matteo; Pariguana, Marco; WORLD BANK 발간일 : 2015-09-28 등록일 : 2015-10-12 원문링크
Parents and students from different socioeconomic backgrounds
value differently school characteristics, but the reasons behind this preference heterogeneity are not well understood. In the context of the centralized school assignment system in Mexico City, this study analyzes how a large household income shock affects choices over high school tracks exploiting the discontinuity in the assignment of the welfare program Oportunidades. The income shock significantly increases the probability of choosing the vocational track vis-a-vis the other more academic-oriented tracks. The findings suggest that the transfer relaxes the financial constraints that prevent relatively low-ability students from choosing the schooling option with higher labor market returns.