Efectos del desayuno escolar en la tasa de retención del sistema escolar público
Abstract
El estudio analiza los efectos de la política educativa -desayuno escolar- en la tasa de retención del sistema educativo público en el departamento de Cochabamba, Bolivia, entre los años 1998 y 2001. Para ello utiliza una base de datos que permite armar un modelo de panel con efectos fijos, el cual muestra no sólo los efectos de las políticas en un determinado año, sino también los cambios de éstas y sus consecuencias a través del tiempo. Los efectos encontrados indican que el desayuno escolar influye en gran medida en el aumento de la tasa de retención, pero a un costo elevado, por lo que se recomienda la focalización del programa en los grupos de mayor riesgo de abandono del sistema y la no ampliación de este programa a todo el sistema educativo público.
The paper analyzes the effects of educational policies -the school breakfast- over the school remaining rate of the public education system in Cochabamba, Bolivia, for the period 1998-2001 The research relies on a data set that allows us to build a panel data model with fixed effects; which shows, not only the policy effects in a predetermined year, moreover shows policy changes and their effects over time. The results explain that the school breakfast has an ¡mportant effect improving the school remaining rate but with high costs, so it is advised to focus the program towards riskier groups in terms of people leaving the education system and, towards to not enlarge the program over the entire public education system.
The paper analyzes the effects of educational policies -the school breakfast- over the school remaining rate of the public education system in Cochabamba, Bolivia, for the period 1998-2001 The research relies on a data set that allows us to build a panel data model with fixed effects; which shows, not only the policy effects in a predetermined year, moreover shows policy changes and their effects over time. The results explain that the school breakfast has an ¡mportant effect improving the school remaining rate but with high costs, so it is advised to focus the program towards riskier groups in terms of people leaving the education system and, towards to not enlarge the program over the entire public education system.
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