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Revista de Economía del Caribe
versión impresa ISSN 2011-2106
Resumen
MANZANO LOPEZ, Dennys Jazmín y RAMIREZ ZAMBRANO, Jorge Raúl. Interrelation between the school dropoots and socioeconomic conditions families: the case of cucuta (colombia). rev. econ. Caribe [online]. 2012, n.10, pp.203-232. ISSN 2011-2106.
This article, establishes the existing connection between the education and development adopting the capabilities approach propound by Amartya Sen. The education is the way that makes possible social mobility and allows to overcomes poverty and inequity circumstances. It also supports the citizen formation and promotes public debate, enable the citizenship to influence into the society management and improve quality life. The investigation presents the idea that family socioeconomic conditions is perhaps the main factor that determines school desertion in high school cycle. School desertion has been analyzed in order to establish its level of influence inside the national, regional and local education system by using the information sources of the National Ministry Education statistic (MEN, as initials in Spanish); it also has been identified the deserters characteristics and their families. Likewise it propounds an econometrics model that allows observation of interrelationships between the decision of deserting transiently or forever from the educational system. Finally, conclusions and recommendations are given.
Palabras clave : economics of education; development; capabilities; school desertion; liberties; public policy.