Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/196617 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12118
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We model schooling as a sequential process and examine why some children are left behind. We focus on the factors that explain selection at early stages of the education system. Our findings for Uruguay suggest that long-term factors, such as parental background or ethnicity matter across all education stages while the effect of short-term factors, such as family income, wear out as individuals progress in the education system, suggesting a severe selection process at early stages.
Subjects: 
schooling transition
selection
inequality
education
ethnicity
cognitive and non-cognitive abilities
sequential dynamic model
JEL: 
I20
I24
J13
J15
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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