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Who Benefits from the Elimination of School Enrolment Fees? Evidence from Ecuador

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  • Priscila Hermida

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This paper evaluates the effect of an enrolment fee elimination program in Ecuador. Using propensity score matching, I estimate the impact of the initiative on dropout rates for primary and secondary school students. Overall, the findings suggest that the program had non-negligible and positive effects on the probability of continuing in school one year after the intervention for those students enrolled in the 2007-2008 school year, in spite of already high enrolment and low dropout rates. The estimated difference between paying and non-paying students in continuation rates is around 2 to 4 percentage points. The impact of fee elimination is heterogeneous to demographic characteristics. Male, urban and non-poor students seem to benefit the most. The program has no effect for female, rural or poorer students. Much bigger differences in continuation rates exist between groups of secondary students. The effects are particularly significant for male secondary school students.

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  • Priscila Hermida, 2015. "Who Benefits from the Elimination of School Enrolment Fees? Evidence from Ecuador," Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes,Facultad de Economía, CEDE, December.
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    1. Fairuzah Pertiwi Kartasasmita & Eny Sulistyaningrum, 2021. "The Impact of School Operational Assistance Program Implementation at School Level on Senior Secondary Education Enrollment by Households: Evidence from Indonesia in 2007 and 2014," Economics and Finance in Indonesia, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia, vol. 67, pages 163-182, Desember.

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    Keywords

    Education; user fees; enrolment; propensity score matching.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
    • H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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