Wealth Inequality, Educational Environment and School Enrolment: Evidence from Mexico

Esposito, Lucio and Villaseñor, Adrián (2018) Wealth Inequality, Educational Environment and School Enrolment: Evidence from Mexico. Journal of Development Studies, 54 (11). pp. 2095-2118. ISSN 0022-0388

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Abstract

Using data from the extended section of the 2010 Mexican census (2.9 million households), we study how school enrolment is associated with wealth inequality and with the educational environment the child is exposed to at the household and municipal levels. We provide robust evidence of wealth inequality as a negative predictor of school enrolment for children in primary, secondary and high school age ranges while a positive role is played by the educational environment. Through the introduction of interaction terms, we account for how economic and educational variables are intertwined at both the household and the municipal level, and we are able to illustrate the considerable heterogeneity in the role of adult education for households at different standards of living.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	wealth inequality,school enrolment,education,mexico,sdg 4 - quality education,sdg 10 - reduced inequalities ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/quality_education
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Literacy and Development Group University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2017 16:13
Last Modified:	10 Jul 2023 23:50
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/64963
DOI:	10.1080/00220388.2017.1385768

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