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Author-Name: Walter Sosa Escudero:  
Author-Workplace-Name: Universidad de San Andrés

Author-Name: Paula Inés Giovagnoli  
Author-Workplace-Name: London School of Economics - Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Author-Name: Alberto Porto  
Author-Workplace-Name: Universidad Nacional de La Plata   

Title: The effects of individual characteristics on the distribution of college performance

Abstract: Interactions between observed and unobserved determinants of educational success imply that the former have a heterogeneous effect on performance. To quantify these interactions, a quantile regression model is estimated using a database of students at public universities in Argentina. The empirical results show that all factors which contribute positively to performance are stronger in the lower end of the distribution. Hence, policies that enhance the possibilities of students in this part of the conditional distribution have the dual effect of increasing absolute performance and reducing disparities due to their stronger effect in this group of students. 

Classification-JEL: I21

Keywords: Argentina, educational performance, higher education, quantile regression.

Journal: Económica

Pages: 99-130
Volume: LV
Year: 2009
Month: January-December
File-URL: https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/Economica/article/view/5376/4400
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:akh:journl:569