Inequality in school resources and academic achievement: evidence from Peru

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• dc.contributor.author León-Ciliotta, Gianmarco
• dc.contributor.author Valdivia, Martín
• dc.date.accessioned 2025-01-30T07:58:03Z
• dc.date.available 2025-01-30T07:58:03Z
• dc.date.issued 2015
• dc.description.abstract This paper goes further in the discussion on the determinants of school attainment in developing countries. To properly estimate the effects of school resources on academic achievement, we need to take into account the large geographical inequalities in the distribution of school resources and the supply constraints faced by students living in poor areas. We do so by implementing a two-step correction that accounts for the constraints in school choice. Our findings suggest that failing to account for these constraints leads to an underestimation of the effect of school resources on school achievement of about 100%. This underestimation is particularly important for girls and in Math. Additionally, the contribution of school resources in explaining the gap in test scores between rich and poor students is doubled once we account for the constrained choices.
• dc.description.sponsorship León thanks the financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, through the Severo Ochoa Programme for Centres of Excellence in R&D (SEV-2011-0075) and grant ECO2011-25272.
• dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
• dc.identifier.citation León G, Valdivia M. Inequality in school resources and academic achievement: evidence from Peru. Int J Educ Dev. 2015 Jan;40(1):71-84. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2014.11.015
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2014.11.015
• dc.identifier.issn 0738-0593
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/69379
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Elsevier
• dc.relation.ispartof International Journal of Educational Development. 2015 Jan;40(1):71-84
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/SEV-2011-0075
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/ECO2011-25272
• dc.rights © Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2014.11.015.
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.subject.keyword School resources
• dc.subject.keyword School choice
• dc.subject.keyword Academic achievement
• dc.subject.keyword Peru
• dc.title Inequality in school resources and academic achievement: evidence from Peru
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
• dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion