The returns to private education: evidence from Mexico
The returns to private education: evidence from Mexico
Despite the rapid expansion and increasing importance of private education in developing countries, little is known on the impact of studying in private schools on education and wages. This paper contributes to filling this gap by estimating the returns to private high schools in Mexico. We construct a unique data set that combines labour market outcomes and historical census data, and we exploit changes in the availability and size of public and private high schools across states and over time for identification. We find that attending a private high school does not affect school progression to college nor high school wages but it does positively affect wages conditional on college completion. Results are robust to a number of robustness tests on the validity of the instruments.
private and public schools, returns to education, mexico
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Binelli, Chiara
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Rubio-Codina, Marta
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October 2013
Binelli, Chiara
9c592dc3-5794-423c-8532-c0f82a1c3639
Rubio-Codina, Marta
4d193dd3-cc3a-4836-9f94-46282599855b
Abstract
Despite the rapid expansion and increasing importance of private education in developing countries, little is known on the impact of studying in private schools on education and wages. This paper contributes to filling this gap by estimating the returns to private high schools in Mexico. We construct a unique data set that combines labour market outcomes and historical census data, and we exploit changes in the availability and size of public and private high schools across states and over time for identification. We find that attending a private high school does not affect school progression to college nor high school wages but it does positively affect wages conditional on college completion. Results are robust to a number of robustness tests on the validity of the instruments.
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Published date: October 2013
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private and public schools, returns to education, mexico
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Economics
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Local EPrints ID: 356527
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/356527
ISSN: 0272-7757
PURE UUID: 109ecebf-3a0b-479e-a796-6bc8e07091fa
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Date deposited: 01 Oct 2013 15:20
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 14:50
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Chiara Binelli
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Marta Rubio-Codina
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