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El efecto del Instituto Nacional: evidencia a partir de un diseño de regresión discontinua

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  • Alonso, Bucarey

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge)

  • Miguel, Jorquera

    (Fiscalía Nacional Económica, Santiago)

  • Pablo, Muñoz

    (Universidad de Chile, Santiago)

  • Sergio, Urzúa

    (University of Maryland, College Park)

Abstract

This paper estimates the effect of attending one of the most important elite public high schools in Chile, the Instituto Nacional. Using data from its admission tests, we implement a regression discontinuity approach to estimate the impact of this high school on students’ academic performance. Our measure of academic impact is the Chilean college admission exam (PSU). The estimated impact associated with the event “attending the Instituto Nacional†is 26,13 additional points on PSU (0.25 standard deviations). Due to its nature, we interpret this result as a local causal effect.

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  • Alonso, Bucarey & Miguel, Jorquera & Pablo, Muñoz & Sergio, Urzúa, 2014. "El efecto del Instituto Nacional: evidencia a partir de un diseño de regresión discontinua," Estudios Públicos, Centro de Estudios Públicos, vol. 0(133), pages 37-68.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpt:journl:v::y:2014:i:133:p:37-68
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    1. Malik Fercovic, 2022. "Disentangling Meritocracy Among the Long-Range Upwardly Mobile: The Chilean Case," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 27(1), pages 118-135, March.

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    Keywords

    Elite schools; regression discontinuity; impact of education;
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education

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