Inequality of opportunity : the case of education in Argentina

Autores
Figal Garon, Lucas Elián
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
tesis de maestría
Estado
versión corregida
Colaborador/a o director/a de tesis
Sosa Escudero, Walter
Descripción
Fil: Figal Garon, Lucas Elián. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.
We assess for the first time inequality of opportunity (IOp) in education in Argentina following a parametric approach proposed by Bourguignon, Ferreira and Menéndez (2007). We use this methodology to quantify the degree of IOp associated with an empirical distribution of academic achievement from a sample of 15-year old students provided by the PISA 2009 survey. For this, we simulate the reduction in educational performance inequality which would attain if differences in “circumstance” variables – those that lie beyond the individual´s responsibility – were eliminated so that we can interpret this difference between observed and counterfactual inequality as a mean lower bound for IOp. We find that on average at least 20% of total students’ performance inequality is due to unequal opportunities. The most important circumstances affecting educational achievement are those one possibly highly correlated with student family income or wealth and with other unobservables such as parents’ dedication to their children’s education, in our case, whether the student goes to a public or private school, the possession of educational inputs at home and parental education.
Materia
Educational equalization -- Argentina -- Econometric models.
Education -- Economic aspects -- Argentina -- Econometric models.
Igualdad de oportunidades en educación -- Argentina -- Modelos econométricos.
Educación -- Aspectos económicos -- Argentina -- Modelos econométricos.
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
Condiciones de uso
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Repositorio
Repositorio Digital San Andrés (UdeSa)
Institución
Universidad de San Andrés
OAI Identificador
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spelling Inequality of opportunity : the case of education in ArgentinaFigal Garon, Lucas EliánEducational equalization -- Argentina -- Econometric models.Education -- Economic aspects -- Argentina -- Econometric models.Igualdad de oportunidades en educación -- Argentina -- Modelos econométricos.Educación -- Aspectos económicos -- Argentina -- Modelos econométricos.Fil: Figal Garon, Lucas Elián. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.We assess for the first time inequality of opportunity (IOp) in education in Argentina following a parametric approach proposed by Bourguignon, Ferreira and Menéndez (2007). We use this methodology to quantify the degree of IOp associated with an empirical distribution of academic achievement from a sample of 15-year old students provided by the PISA 2009 survey. For this, we simulate the reduction in educational performance inequality which would attain if differences in “circumstance” variables – those that lie beyond the individual´s responsibility – were eliminated so that we can interpret this difference between observed and counterfactual inequality as a mean lower bound for IOp. We find that on average at least 20% of total students’ performance inequality is due to unequal opportunities. The most important circumstances affecting educational achievement are those one possibly highly correlated with student family income or wealth and with other unobservables such as parents’ dedication to their children’s education, in our case, whether the student goes to a public or private school, the possession of educational inputs at home and parental education.Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de EconomíaSosa Escudero, Walter2013-03-15T16:25:44Z2013-03-15T16:25:44Z2012-10Tesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/updatedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccinfo:ar-repo/semantics/tesisDeMaestriaapplication/pdfapplication/pdfFigal Garon, L. E. (2012). Inequality of opportunity : the case of education in Argentina. [Tesis de maestría, Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía]. Repositorio Digital San Andrés. http://hdl.handle.net/10908/790Tesis M. Eco. 76http://hdl.handle.net/10908/790enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/reponame:Repositorio Digital San Andrés (UdeSa)instname:Universidad de San Andrés2025-09-29T14:30:05Zoai:repositorio.udesa.edu.ar:10908/790instacron:Universidad de San AndrésInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.udesa.edu.ar/jspui/Universidad privadaNo correspondehttp://repositorio.udesa.edu.ar/oai/requestmsanroman@udesa.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:23632025-09-29 14:30:05.583Repositorio Digital San Andrés (UdeSa) - Universidad de San Andrésfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Inequality of opportunity : the case of education in Argentina
title Inequality of opportunity : the case of education in Argentina
spellingShingle Inequality of opportunity : the case of education in Argentina
Figal Garon, Lucas Elián
Educational equalization -- Argentina -- Econometric models.
Education -- Economic aspects -- Argentina -- Econometric models.
Igualdad de oportunidades en educación -- Argentina -- Modelos econométricos.
Educación -- Aspectos económicos -- Argentina -- Modelos econométricos.
title_short Inequality of opportunity : the case of education in Argentina
title_full Inequality of opportunity : the case of education in Argentina
title_fullStr Inequality of opportunity : the case of education in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Inequality of opportunity : the case of education in Argentina
title_sort Inequality of opportunity : the case of education in Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Figal Garon, Lucas Elián
author Figal Garon, Lucas Elián
author_facet Figal Garon, Lucas Elián
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Sosa Escudero, Walter
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Educational equalization -- Argentina -- Econometric models.
Education -- Economic aspects -- Argentina -- Econometric models.
Igualdad de oportunidades en educación -- Argentina -- Modelos econométricos.
Educación -- Aspectos económicos -- Argentina -- Modelos econométricos.
topic Educational equalization -- Argentina -- Econometric models.
Education -- Economic aspects -- Argentina -- Econometric models.
Igualdad de oportunidades en educación -- Argentina -- Modelos econométricos.
Educación -- Aspectos económicos -- Argentina -- Modelos econométricos.
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Fil: Figal Garon, Lucas Elián. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.
We assess for the first time inequality of opportunity (IOp) in education in Argentina following a parametric approach proposed by Bourguignon, Ferreira and Menéndez (2007). We use this methodology to quantify the degree of IOp associated with an empirical distribution of academic achievement from a sample of 15-year old students provided by the PISA 2009 survey. For this, we simulate the reduction in educational performance inequality which would attain if differences in “circumstance” variables – those that lie beyond the individual´s responsibility – were eliminated so that we can interpret this difference between observed and counterfactual inequality as a mean lower bound for IOp. We find that on average at least 20% of total students’ performance inequality is due to unequal opportunities. The most important circumstances affecting educational achievement are those one possibly highly correlated with student family income or wealth and with other unobservables such as parents’ dedication to their children’s education, in our case, whether the student goes to a public or private school, the possession of educational inputs at home and parental education.
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