Schooling Inequality Among the Indigenous: A Problem of Resources or Language Barriers?

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Susan Parker

Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - Division of Economics

Luis N. Rubalcava

Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - Division of Economics

Graciela Teruel

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: January 2002

Abstract

Using large household data sets from rural Mexican communities, where a majority of indigenous people live, we analyze the potential explanatory factors for low educational attainment of indigenous children. We find that, overall, indigenous children fare worse than their non-indigenous classmates. Nevertheless, there is important heterogeneity within the indigenous group. In particular, monolingual indigenous children (those who speak only an indigenous language) perform much worse in school than bilingual indigenous children who speak Spanish as a second language.

Suggested Citation

Parker, Susan and Rubalcava, Luis N. and Teruel, Graciela, Schooling Inequality Among the Indigenous: A Problem of Resources or Language Barriers? (January 2002). IDB Working Paper No. 150, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1814698 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1814698

Susan Parker

Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - Division of Economics ( email )

Carretera Mexico Toluca 3655
01210 Mexico, D.F.
Mexico

Luis N. Rubalcava

Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - Division of Economics ( email )

Carretera Mexico Toluca 3655
01210 Mexico, D.F.
Mexico

Graciela Teruel

affiliation not provided to SSRN

No Address Available

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