The causal effect of an extra year of schooling on skills and knowledge in Latin America. Evidence from PISA

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Marchionni, Mariana; Vazquez, Emmanuel
Año de publicación
2018
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In this paper, we estimate the causal effect of an extra year of schooling on mathematics performance for seven Latin American countries based on PISA 2012. To that end we exploit exogenous variation in students’ birthdates around the school entry cut-off date using both sharp and fuzzy Regression Discontinuity designs. We find strong effects of an extra year of schooling in most countries, which amount to a 30% increase in PISA test scores in Brazil, 18% in Uruguay, 7% in Argentina and 6% in Costa Rica. These effects differ from the typical estimates obtained from simple regressions or multilevel models and are large enough to allow 15-year-old students to reach higher proficiency levels, suggesting significant potential gains of reducing dropout rates in the region. Finally, we stress the importance of taking into account the effects of school entry cut-off dates on PISA samples to avoid making unfair international comparisons.
Fil: Marchionni, Mariana. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Vazquez, Emmanuel. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
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LATIN AMERICA
PISA
REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY DESIGN
SCHOOLING
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The causal effect of an extra year of schooling on skills and knowledge in Latin America. Evidence from PISA
title The causal effect of an extra year of schooling on skills and knowledge in Latin America. Evidence from PISA
spellingShingle The causal effect of an extra year of schooling on skills and knowledge in Latin America. Evidence from PISA
Marchionni, Mariana
I21
J24
LATIN AMERICA
PISA
REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY DESIGN
SCHOOLING
title_short The causal effect of an extra year of schooling on skills and knowledge in Latin America. Evidence from PISA
title_full The causal effect of an extra year of schooling on skills and knowledge in Latin America. Evidence from PISA
title_fullStr The causal effect of an extra year of schooling on skills and knowledge in Latin America. Evidence from PISA
title_full_unstemmed The causal effect of an extra year of schooling on skills and knowledge in Latin America. Evidence from PISA
title_sort The causal effect of an extra year of schooling on skills and knowledge in Latin America. Evidence from PISA
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Marchionni, Mariana
Vazquez, Emmanuel
author Marchionni, Mariana
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Vazquez, Emmanuel
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J24
LATIN AMERICA
PISA
REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY DESIGN
SCHOOLING
topic I21
J24
LATIN AMERICA
PISA
REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY DESIGN
SCHOOLING
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In this paper, we estimate the causal effect of an extra year of schooling on mathematics performance for seven Latin American countries based on PISA 2012. To that end we exploit exogenous variation in students’ birthdates around the school entry cut-off date using both sharp and fuzzy Regression Discontinuity designs. We find strong effects of an extra year of schooling in most countries, which amount to a 30% increase in PISA test scores in Brazil, 18% in Uruguay, 7% in Argentina and 6% in Costa Rica. These effects differ from the typical estimates obtained from simple regressions or multilevel models and are large enough to allow 15-year-old students to reach higher proficiency levels, suggesting significant potential gains of reducing dropout rates in the region. Finally, we stress the importance of taking into account the effects of school entry cut-off dates on PISA samples to avoid making unfair international comparisons.
Fil: Marchionni, Mariana. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Vazquez, Emmanuel. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
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Marchionni, Mariana; Vazquez, Emmanuel; The causal effect of an extra year of schooling on skills and knowledge in Latin America. Evidence from PISA; Routledge; Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice; 26; 4; 7-2018; 489-515
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