Hit and Run? Income Shocks and School Dropouts in Latin America

How do labor income shocks affect household investment in upper secondary and tertiary schooling? Using longitudinal data from 2005-15 for Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, this paper explores the effect of a negative household income shock on the...

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Main Authors: Cerutti, Paula, Crivellaro, Elena, Reyes, German, Sousa, Liliana D.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/548991519135439746/Hit-and-run-income-shocks-and-school-dropouts-in-Latin-America
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spelling okr-10986-294042021-09-16T20:23:56Z Hit and Run? Income Shocks and School Dropouts in Latin America Cerutti, Paula Crivellaro, Elena Reyes, German Sousa, Liliana D. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INCOME SHOCKS EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION ENROLLMENT How do labor income shocks affect household investment in upper secondary and tertiary schooling? Using longitudinal data from 2005-15 for Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, this paper explores the effect of a negative household income shock on the enrollment status of youth ages 15 to 25. The findings suggest that negative income shocks significantly increase the likelihood that students in upper secondary and tertiary school exit school in Argentina and Brazil, but not in Mexico. For the three countries, the analysis finds evidence that youth who drop out due to a household income shock have worse employment outcomes than similar youth who exit school without a household income shock. Differences in labor markets and safety net programs likely play an important role in the decision to exit school as well as the employment outcomes of those who exit across these three countries. 2018-02-28T22:11:38Z 2018-02-28T22:11:38Z 2018-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/548991519135439746/Hit-and-run-income-shocks-and-school-dropouts-in-Latin-America http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29404 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8344 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Argentina Brazil Mexico
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topic YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
INCOME SHOCKS
EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE
SECONDARY EDUCATION
TERTIARY EDUCATION
ENROLLMENT
spellingShingle YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
INCOME SHOCKS
EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE
SECONDARY EDUCATION
TERTIARY EDUCATION
ENROLLMENT
Cerutti, Paula
Crivellaro, Elena
Reyes, German
Sousa, Liliana D.
Hit and Run? Income Shocks and School Dropouts in Latin America
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Argentina
Brazil
Mexico
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8344
description How do labor income shocks affect household investment in upper secondary and tertiary schooling? Using longitudinal data from 2005-15 for Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, this paper explores the effect of a negative household income shock on the enrollment status of youth ages 15 to 25. The findings suggest that negative income shocks significantly increase the likelihood that students in upper secondary and tertiary school exit school in Argentina and Brazil, but not in Mexico. For the three countries, the analysis finds evidence that youth who drop out due to a household income shock have worse employment outcomes than similar youth who exit school without a household income shock. Differences in labor markets and safety net programs likely play an important role in the decision to exit school as well as the employment outcomes of those who exit across these three countries.
format Working Paper
author Cerutti, Paula
Crivellaro, Elena
Reyes, German
Sousa, Liliana D.
author_facet Cerutti, Paula
Crivellaro, Elena
Reyes, German
Sousa, Liliana D.
author_sort Cerutti, Paula
title Hit and Run? Income Shocks and School Dropouts in Latin America
title_short Hit and Run? Income Shocks and School Dropouts in Latin America
title_full Hit and Run? Income Shocks and School Dropouts in Latin America
title_fullStr Hit and Run? Income Shocks and School Dropouts in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Hit and Run? Income Shocks and School Dropouts in Latin America
title_sort hit and run? income shocks and school dropouts in latin america
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/548991519135439746/Hit-and-run-income-shocks-and-school-dropouts-in-Latin-America
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29404
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