Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on University New Entry, Enrolment, and Graduation on STEM and Non-STEM Majors in Mexico

Daniel Prudencio (), Jose Roberto Balmori De la Miyar (), Adan Silverio-Murillo and Fernanda Sobrino ()
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Daniel Prudencio: Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Social Sciences and Government (Mexico)
Jose Roberto Balmori De la Miyar: Universidad Anahuac Mexico, Business and Economics School (Mexico)
Fernanda Sobrino: Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Government (Mexico)
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Jose Roberto Balmori-de-la-Miyar

No 23002, Working Papers of Business and Economics School. Anahuac University (Mexico).

Abstract: Using administrative data on all higher education institutions in Mexico, we estimate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on new entry, enrolment, and, graduation outcome. The analysis is conducted by area of study and gender. We explore heterogeneous effects by delivery format, funding source, and elite university status. Finally, we estimate the effect of the pandemic on the gender gap in STEM and non-STEM related majors. Overall, we find that the pandemic’s largest effect was on delaying graduation, followed by new entry. The impact on enrolment was small. Public universities were hit the hardest. With the exception of graduation, asynchronous programs did not experience lower impacts. On the other hand, elite universities benefited from the pandemic. Regarding the gender gap in STEM majors, the pandemic reduced the gap on new entry and enrolment outcomes by 24.3% and 7.3%, respectively.

Keywords: COVID-19; enrolment; graduation outcomes; STEM; and gender gap. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I23 I25 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-06
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