Determinantes del rezago escolar en el Ecuador.

Abstract

Education is a strategic axis for the development of societies because there is a reciprocal relationship between economic development and human development. Therefore, education is a key vehicle for individual well-being. However, this goal is hampered by problems of school failure such as educational lag, which according to various studies is attributed to socioeconomic, family, cultural and geographic factors, which cause heterogeneous school trajectories. In this context, this work identifies the main determinants that affect school backwardness. For this, two probit models are estimated, using data from the National Survey of Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment (ENEMDU) of the year 2018. The results suggest that factors such as family structure, the educational level of the parents and the transition of students from elementary through high school play an important role in the school trajectory of students.