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)
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
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