Social interactions and schooling decisions
By: by Rafael Lalive, Alejandra Cattaneo
Contributors: Cattaneo, Alejandra
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2250; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2250
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: School attendance; Social interaction; Rural conditions
Description: "The aim of this paper is to study whether schooling choices are affected by social interactions. Such social interactions may be important because children enjoy spending time with other children or parents learn from other parents about the ability of their children. Identification is based on a randomized intervention that grants a cash subsidy encouraging school attendance among a sub-group of eligible children within small rural villages in Mexico. Results indicate that (i) the eligible children tend to attend school more frequently, (ii) but also the ineligible children acquire more schooling when the subsidy is introduced in their local village, (iii) social interactions are economically important, and (iv) they may arise due to changes in parents' perception of their children's ability"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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