Is home overcrowding a significant factor in children's academic performance? Evidence from Latin America

Contreras D.; Delgadillo J.; Riveros G.

Abstract

This study seeks to determine whether overcrowding has a significant effect on students' academic performance, controlling for variables associated with poverty and low socioeconomic status. It uses data from the international SERCE test conducted in fifteen Latin American countries. Based on multiple specifications and robustness tests, the evidence suggests that overcrowding is a negative and statistically significant factor that even exceeds the impact of certain maternal education levels on a child's academic performance.

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Título según WOS: Is home overcrowding a significant factor in children's academic performance? Evidence from Latin America
Título según SCOPUS: Is home overcrowding a significant factor in children's academic performance? Evidence from Latin America
Título de la Revista: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Volumen: 67
Editorial: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Fecha de publicación: 2019
Página de inicio: 1
Página final: 17
Idioma: English
DOI:

10.1016/j.ijedudev.2019.01.006

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS