Educational Choices and Educational Constraints: Evidence From Bolivia
IMF Working Papers, February 1, 2000
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- Authors: Gabriela Inchauste
- Published: February 1, 2000
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451846201.001
Summary and research question
- Recent efforts at poverty alleviation emphasize increasing government spending on education.
- The paper questions whether spending alone will lead to higher educational attainment, even if spending were perfectly targeted.
- Bolivian household data is used to ascertain the probability of an individual quitting school due to financial or other reasons.
Empirical approach and simulations
- The analysis uses Bolivian household data and a hazard-model-type approach to study quitting school (implied by keywords: "hazard model", "quitting school").
- Simulations show that government cash transfers can help to improve educational attainment somewhat.
Key findings and constraints
- Cash transfers improve educational attainment to some degree.
- Nonmonetary limitations must also be addressed if educational attainment is to improve significantly.
- Indigenous women have the lowest levels of education in the country and are highlighted as a group for whom nonmonetary constraints are particularly binding.
Policy implications and recommendations
- Monetary policy tools (government cash transfers) can yield partial gains in educational attainment.
- Complementary nonmonetary interventions are necessary to achieve substantial improvements, especially targeted at disadvantaged groups such as indigenous women.
Publication and metadata
- Author: Gabriela Inchauste
- Date: February 1, 2000
- Series: Working Paper No. 2000/042
- Issue: 042
- Volume: 2000
- Pages: 33
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451846201.001
- Stock No: WPIEA0422000
- ISBN: 9781451846201
- ISSN: 1018-5941
- Subjects: Currencies, Education, Gender, Human capital, Labor, Money, National accounts, Personal income, Women
- Keywords: Bolivia, cash transfer, cash transfers, Currencies, Education, education spending, educational institution, hazard model, high school, Human capital, Personal income, quitting school, rate of return, School enrollment, school supplies, Women, WP
Source: "Educational Choices and Educational Constraints: Evidence From Bolivia" by Gabriela Inchauste, IMF Working Papers, February 1, 2000.
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