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School closure and educational attainment: Evidence from a market-based system

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  • Grau, Nicolas
  • Hojman, Daniel
  • Mizala, Alejandra

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This paper studies the effect of school closure in the Chilean market-oriented educational system. Between 2002 and 2011 the system exhibited a large turnover: 1282 schools closed -roughly one-tenth of the current stock- and 2350 new schools entered, mostly private-voucher schools. We use a large panel of administrative data, which contains individual students’ academic achievement and socio-demographic characteristics, to estimate some of the potential educational costs of this dynamics. We identify a causal effect of school closures on school dropouts and grade retention. School closure increases the probability of high-school dropout between 49 and 68% (1.8 and 2.5 percentage points). Also, school exit implies between 3.9 and 4.4 percentage points increase in the probability of grade retention in fifth grade.

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  • Grau, Nicolas & Hojman, Daniel & Mizala, Alejandra, 2018. "School closure and educational attainment: Evidence from a market-based system," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 1-17.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecoedu:v:65:y:2018:i:c:p:1-17
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2018.05.003
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    School choice; School closure; Market turnout; Education; Grade retention; Dropout;
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    JEL classification:

    • H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education

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