Evaluación de políticas para el aumento de cobertura escolar en el nivel bachillerato en Ecuador

Abstract

Thisworkhelpstoprovideusefulevidencetoobtainanincreaseoftheschoolcoverageduringbaccalaureatecycle(middleeducation)fromEcuador.Theproposalisbasedonaneffectiveness-costanalysisfromtwoalternatives:InformationcampaignsaboutreturnstoeducationandConditionedTransferences incash.Bothpolicieswouldhaveapositive impactonthescholarexistence inthebaccalaureatecycle.Thisstudy let inferthat inEcuadoriancase,andondifferentestablishedstages,theInformationCampaignalternativeismoreeffective-costthanthealternativebasedonConditionedTransferencesincash.ResultsshowthattheadditionalannualcostofscholarityforthecaseofInformationCampaignsrepresentsthe22%and24%oftheresultingcostfromtheConditionedTransferenceswithfocusinganduniversaltransferencerespectively.

Keywords

• highschool
• costeffectiveness
• education
• publicpolicy
• benefitstransfer