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Bobba, Matteo
, Frisancho, Veronica and Pariguana, Marco
(2016)
Perceived Ability and School Choices: Experimental Evidence and Scale-up Effects.
TSE Working Paper, n. 16-660, Toulouse
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Abstract
This paper explores an information intervention designed and implemented within a school assignment mechanism in Mexico City. Through a randomized experiment, we show that providing a subset of applicants with feedback about their academic perfor-mance can enhance sorting by skill across high school tracks. This reallocation effect results in higher completion rates three years post-assignment. We further integrate the experimental evaluation into an empirical model of school choice and educational out-comes to assess the impact of the intervention for the overall population of applicants. Information provision is shown to increase the ex-ante efficiency of the student-school allocation, while congestion externalities are detrimental for the equity of education outcomes.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Language: | English |
| Date: | June 2016 |
| Place of Publication: | Toulouse |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Information, Bayesian updating, biased beliefs, school choice |
| JEL Classification: | D83 - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief I21 - Analysis of Education J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity |
| Subjects: | B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE |
| Divisions: | TSE-R (Toulouse) |
| Institution: | Université Toulouse 1 Capitole |
| Site: | UT1 |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2016 09:52 |
| Last Modified: | 27 May 2025 09:15 |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:tse-fr.eu:30494 |
| URI: | https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/22052 |
