dc.contributorBalsa, Ana Inés. Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay
dc.contributorCid, Alejandro. Universidad de Montevideo. Uruguay
dc.creatorBalsa, Ana Inés
dc.creatorCid, Alejandro
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-20T20:16:41Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-24T17:17:39Z
dc.date.available2022-04-20T20:16:41Z
dc.date.available2023-08-24T17:17:39Z
dc.date.created2022-04-20T20:16:41Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/1336
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8424864
dc.description.abstractWe study the three-year impact of a private tuition-free middle school on theacademic outcomes of poor students. Several features of the treatment school fit withinnovative paradigms that have delivered successful outcomes in poor urban areas. Our research design exploits the excess of applicants over the school capacity andthe fact that participants were selected randomly. Specifically, we follow a cohort ofstudents that entered middle school in 2010 and that were randomly assigned toattend the treatment school or public school as usual. We find that the treatmentschool impacted favorably on students’ academic advancement and athcompetencies. Also, the treatment school had a positive–and quite robust over time-impact on students’ and their parents’ academic expectations. This culture of highexpectations has been previously identified in the literature as a key input for schoolsuccess.
dc.publisherUniversidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía
dc.relationDocumentos de trabajo del Departamento de Economía; UM_CEE_2014_02
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.rightsAbierto
dc.subjectRandomized design
dc.subjectPrivate school
dc.subjectLow-income population
dc.subjectHighExpectations
dc.titleAdvancing academic opportunities for disadvantaged youth: third year impact evaluation of a privately-managed school in a poor neighbourhood in Montevideo
dc.typeDocumentos de trabajo


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