El Departamento de Economía de la Universidad de Chile tiene el agrado de invitar a usted a un nuevo Seminario Académico:

Título -  School Segregation in Chile: Residence, co-payment, or preferences?

Autores - Felipe Arteaga (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Valentina Paredes (Universidad de Chile), Ricardo Paredes (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Duoc).

Presentador -  Valentina Paredes (Universidad de Chile)

Abstract:

School segregation and residential segregation are closely related. Even when there is unrestricted school choice, the schools’ pool of students should reflect the residential segregation in the area. In this paper, we study the impact of residential segregation on school segregation in Santiago, Chile.  Whilst school segregation in Chile is high, there is little clarity on the factors behind it and their relative magnitude. Mostly, it has been attributed to school choice and public policy, with less emphasis in residential segregation. In principle, parents have an unrestricted choice of schools yet, a considerable number of State-funded schools can charge parents a co-payment fee. We modeled and estimate secondary school choice in Santiago using a flexible structure (latent class logit) which allows us to differentiate preferences according to each family's characteristics, and which considers restrictions based on the availability of schools and academic selection. The most relevant aspects affecting choice (cost, distance, quality, and curricula) are valued heterogeneously amongst the population. Comparatively, wealthier families particularly value school academic performance, they have less consideration on travel costs and school fees, and they avoid vocational schools. Based on the parameters estimated and using different counterfactuals, we concluded that that only 8% to 13% of school segregation can be explained by residential segregation: 10% to 23% of the total segregation can be explained by fees that some subsidized schools charge, and 41% to 46% can be attributed to the variability in the families' preferences.

El  Seminario  se realizará el miércoles 20 de enero de 13:00 a 14:00 hrs, en  la Sala P-307 Tercer Piso del edificio Placa de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios de la Universidad de Chile, ubicada en Diagonal Paraguay 257.