Grade Repetition Determinants in Bolivia and Guatemala

Multivariate logistic regression analysis by Harry Anthony Patrinos examines factors behind students repeating grades in developing countries. The empirical analysis identifies children from less wealthy households and of indigenous origins as more likely to repeat. This research suggests targeting activities for the poor and indigenous components like bilingual education.

Use Cases

• Modeling grade repetition risk based on household wealth indicators.
• Analyzing ethnic determinants of educational outcomes based on indigenous origin data.
• Simulating intervention probabilities for targeted education programs.
• Conducting comparative studies on repetition in Bolivia and Guatemala.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on a review of literature on repetition in developing countries.
• Model estimates the incidence and determinants of repetition using multivariate logistic regression.
• Findings identify specific at-risk populations: less wealthy households and indigenous children.

Limitations

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• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to paperswithcode.

Provenance

Source

Harry Anthony Patrinos

Collection Method

Likely contains survey or administrative education data analyzed with logistic regression.

Time Range

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Geography

Bolivia and Guatemala