Impact evaluation of education on poverty in Costa Rica (An analysis for secondary and postsecondary education)

Carmen Sánchez Retana

Revista de Ciencias Económicas, 2015, vol. 33, issue 2

Abstract: This research evaluates the impact of education on poverty in Costa Rica. Specifically, the impact on the probability of being poor of a person that finishes secondary education (highest educational level attained). Furthermore , the impact for a person which has at least this level of education (possibility of post- secondary studies). Using Propensity Score Matching methodology and the survey Encuesta Nacional de Hogares 2013, results show positive impact of education in reducing poverty. When an average person completes the full secondary education reduces the probability of being in poverty by 5.7 percentage points, representing a decrease in poverty rates of those who have completed secondary in 21.1%. Meanwhile, with the possibility of post-secondary studies, the probability is reduced by 8.4 percentage points. Amount equivalent to a 36.8% decline in poverty rate of individuals who have at least completed secondary education.

Keywords: ENSEÑANZA SECUNDARIA; ENSEÑANZA SUPERIOR; MERCADO DE TRABAJO; INGRESOS; PRODUCTIVIDAD; SALARIO; DESEMPLEO; DESIGUALDAD SOCIAL; TASA DE MATRICULACIÓN; ESCOLARIDAD; SECONDARY EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; LABOUR MARKET; INCOME; PRODUCTIVITY; WAGES; UNEMPLOYMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; SOCIAL INEQUALITY; ENROLMENT RATIO (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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