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dc.titleExodus to Public School: Parent Preferences for Public Schools in Peru
dc.contributor.authorElacqua, Gregory
dc.contributor.authorFigueroa, Nicolas
dc.contributor.authorFontaine, Andrés
dc.contributor.authorMargitic, Juan Francisco
dc.contributor.authorMéndez, Carolina
dc.contributor.orgunitEducation Division
dc.coveragePeru
dc.date.available2023-12-21T00:12:00
dc.date.issue2023-12-21T00:12:00
dc.description.abstractDue to an unprecedented rise in demand, in 2020 the Peruvian Ministry of Education implemented a centralized assignment mechanism that allowed thousands of students at various levels of education to move from the private to the public sector. In this paper, we empirically explore the determinants of accepting a public school assignment and, subsequently, remaining in the public system. Specifically, we exploit the randomness in the assignment of students to new public schools to causally estimate the influence of distance on the decision to accept a public school placement, and we explore its role in the decision to remain there. We also provide insights into various determinants of parental preferences. Our findings reveal that families care about distance from home to the assigned public school as well as the relative academic and peer quality with respect to their school of origin. Parents weigh these factors differently based on their familiarity with them. Consequently, experiencing a new school environment can alter the significance of specific attributes when it comes time to decide whether to stay at the assigned school. These findings offer valuable insights into how governments can strengthen the supply of public schooling.
dc.format.extent63
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005497
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Exodus-to-Public-School-Parent-Preferences-for-Public-Schools-in-Peru.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectPublic School
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectEducational Institution
dc.subjectPrivate School
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectRule-Based Student Assignment
dc.subjectDebtor Finance
dc.subjectTeacher
dc.subjectSchool Choice
dc.subject.jelcodeA20 - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics: General
dc.subject.jelcodeD12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
dc.subject.jelcodeD83 - Search • Learning • Information and Knowledge • Communication • Belief • Unawareness
dc.subject.jelcodeI28 - Government Policy
dc.subject.keywordsCentralized Assignment Systems;private-public schooling;COVID-19;school choice
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01565
idb.operationRG-E1672
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