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Refuerzo escolar para niños pobres: ¿Funciona?

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  • Contreras, Dante

    (Universidad de Chile)

  • Herrera, Rodrigo

    (Universidad de Chile)

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of the school reinforcement program that “Un Techo Para Chile” offers to the poorest communities in the Metropolitan Region, in Chile. The data were taken from a survey specially designed by the authors. The effects of the program on low-income students attending elementary education show an increase in mathematics and language grades during the academic period 2004-2003. The impact of the program is estimated using parametric methods. The robustness of the results is analyzed with non-parametric estimations and using different control groups. The main results indicate that the program has a positive impact on student’s grades. In addition, the grades obtained in 2003 did not determine student’s participation in the program during 2004.// Este artículo evalúa el efecto del Programa de Reforzamiento Escolar que Un Techo Para Chile aplica en campamentos de la región metropolitana. Los datos utilizados son extraídos de una encuesta especialmente elaborada por los autores para el desarrollo de este estudio. Se estima el efecto del programa en alumnos de bajos ingresos que asisten a la escuela primaria. Dichos efectos corresponden a un aumento en las calificaciones de matemáticas y castellano en el periodo académico 2004-2003. El efecto del programa es estimado mediante técnicas paramétricas. Posteriormente, la solidez de los resultados se examina por medio de estimaciones no paramétricas con distintos grupos de control. Los principales resultados sugieren que existe suficiente prueba estadística para determinar que el programa tiene un efecto positivo en las calificaciones de los alumnos. Este efecto se encuentra en un intervalo de 1.8 y 5.3 décimas para matemáticas; para castellano, en un rango que fluctúa entre 2.2 a 9.7 décimas. Además, el estudio muestra que las calificaciones que obtuvieron los alumnos en 2003 no determinaron su participación en el programa durante 2004.

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  • Contreras, Dante & Herrera, Rodrigo, 2007. "Refuerzo escolar para niños pobres: ¿Funciona?," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(293), pages 123-159, enero-mar.
    • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:74:y:2007:i:293:p:123-159
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v74i293.360
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    1. Dante Contreras & Pablo Egaña & Juan Pablo Valenzuela, 2010. "Efectos de las actividades artísticas en el desarrollo de habilidades cognitivas y no cognitivas en estudiantes vulnerables: El caso de la orquesta de Curanilahue," Working Papers wp325, University of Chile, Department of Economics.

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    Keywords

    refuerzo escolar; extrema pobreza; experimentos naturales;
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    JEL classification:

    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • I29 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Other
    • I39 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Other

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