When more schooling is not worth the effort: another look at the dropout decisions of disadvantaged students

Rossana Patron ()

Estudios Economicos, 2013, vol. 030 (Nueva Serie), issue 61, 27-42

Abstract: This paper shows that when student heterogeneity is introduced in the analysis, differences in the quality of education and in the probability of repetition, typical in developing countries, mark the contrast between an attractive and an inconvenient investment in education. The methodology associates educational quality and repetition rates with educational returns. In particular, it makes apparent that lower secondary education, in the case of Uruguay, is an inconvenient investment for disadvantaged students, even disregarding the possibility of such students not being able to afford the opportunity costs, this fact probably also explains the heavy dropout rates of this student type in many developing countries

Keywords: deserción escolar; calidad escolar; tasas de repitencia; school dropouts; school quality; repetition rates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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