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 studies an information intervention designed and implemented in the context of a school assignment mechanism in Mexico City. We find that providing students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds with feedback about their academic performance contributes to placing applicants in schools that better fit their skills, allowing them to gradu-ate on time from high school at a higher rate. We also quantify the effect of a counterfactual and yet feasible implementation of the information intervention at a much larger scale. Simula-tion results demonstrate substantial heterogeneity in the demand-side responses, which trigger sorting and displacement patterns within the assignment mechanism. The equilibrium effects of the intervention may possibly hinder the subsequent academic trajectories of high-achieving and socio-economically disadvantaged students.
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: | 26 Jun 2023 13:09 |
OAI Identifier: | oai:tse-fr.eu:30494 |
URI: | https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/22052 |