Why students of public and private schools in Costa Rica obtain different academic achievement?
In this paper we use the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition methodology, applied to the pisa 2012 database, in order to identify the causes of the differences in academic results between public and private Costa Rican schools. In order of importance, these are caused by differences in: a) family character...
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doaj-ce6fe5a9478344d7abc93c02f46449aa2020-11-24T21:29:14ZspaFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede MéxicoPerfiles Latinoamericanos0188-76532309-49822017-01-01254919522210.18504/pl2549-009-2017571Why students of public and private schools in Costa Rica obtain different academic achievement?Gregorio Giménez0Geovanny Castro Aristizábal1Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de ZaragozaPontificia Universidad JaverianaIn this paper we use the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition methodology, applied to the pisa 2012 database, in order to identify the causes of the differences in academic results between public and private Costa Rican schools. In order of importance, these are caused by differences in: a) family characteristics, b) school resources, c) student characteristics, and d) working environment in the schools. The differences in the results are not only explained by the differences in characteristics and factors, but also by the differences in the way they are used. So, while students in public schools have collectively worst characteristics, they make better use of them. However, students in private schools obtain more output from the working environment in their schools.http://perfilesla.flacso.edu.mx/index.php/perfilesla/article/view/841Resultados escolareseducación públicaeducación privadaCosta Ricapisadescomposición Oaxaca-Blinderfunciones de producción educativa. |
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Gregorio Giménez Geovanny Castro Aristizábal Why students of public and private schools in Costa Rica obtain different academic achievement? Perfiles Latinoamericanos Resultados escolares educación pública educación privada Costa Rica pisa descomposición Oaxaca-Blinder funciones de producción educativa. |
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Why students of public and private schools in Costa Rica obtain different academic achievement? |
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Why students of public and private schools in Costa Rica obtain different academic achievement? |
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Why students of public and private schools in Costa Rica obtain different academic achievement? |
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Why students of public and private schools in Costa Rica obtain different academic achievement? |
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Why students of public and private schools in Costa Rica obtain different academic achievement? |
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why students of public and private schools in costa rica obtain different academic achievement? |
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede México |
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Perfiles Latinoamericanos |
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0188-7653 2309-4982 |
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In this paper we use the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition methodology, applied to the pisa 2012 database, in order to identify the causes of the differences in academic results between public and private Costa Rican schools. In order of importance, these are caused by differences in: a) family characteristics, b) school resources, c) student characteristics, and d) working environment in the schools. The differences in the results are not only explained by the differences in characteristics and factors, but also by the differences in the way they are used. So, while students in public schools have collectively worst characteristics, they make better use of them. However, students in private schools obtain more output from the working environment in their schools. |
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Resultados escolares educación pública educación privada Costa Rica pisa descomposición Oaxaca-Blinder funciones de producción educativa. |
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