Research

Papers

Ceron, F., Bol, T., & van de Werfhorst, H. (2022). The dynamics of achievement inequality: the role of performance and choice in Chile. International Journal of Educational Development. 92:102628

Chauvel, L., Ceron, F., Murphy, E., & Settels, J., (2021). The very long arm of wealth: Effects of intergenerational wealth resources on health in the U.S. over the last three decades. Manuscript under revision to be resubmitted for publication. American Sociological Review.

Ceron, F., Bol, T., & van de Werfhorst, H. (2018) School social composition change and Reform: Evidence from Means-Tested Voucher Reform effects on Achievement Inequality in Chile. Manuscript submitted for publication to an International Journal.

Ceron, F. (2017) Beyond School Effects: The Impact of Privatization and Standardization of School Systems on Achievement Inequality in Latin AmericaManuscript submitted for publication to an International Journal.  See Country level data,  from the project  The Institutional Structure of School Systems in Latin America.

Ceron, F., & van de Werfhorst, H., Bol, T. (2016). A market safety net: Inequality of educational opportunity in access to Higher Education in Chile. Manuscript submitted for publication to an International Journal.


Work in progress

Ceron, F.  Canales, A., & Chauvel, L. (2021). The Positional Value of Education in the Americas: Dynamics of Inequality in Labour Market Returns under Educational Expansion, 1990-2019. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3980129 

Ceron, F. & Madia, J. (2021). The Paradox of Inequalities in the Transition to Higher Education in Chile: A Trend Analysis of Counterfactuals and Components of Primary Effects of Social Background. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3839773 


Datasets

Ceron, F. I. (2023). The Institutional Structure of School Systems in Latin America. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/URBNE



Policy research papers

Ceron, F. (2016). Beyond School Effects: The Impact of Privatization and Standardization of School Systems on Achievement Inequality in Latin America  (early version). Agenda for International Development (A-id.org). 

CERÓN, F., & LARA, M. (2011). Factores asociados con el rendimiento escolar. Santiago de Chile, Ministerio de Educación


Policy briefs and columns

We know our rights! Chile and citizen power. Agenda for International Development (A-id.org).

Meritocracy and education policy for sustainable development: Is access to tertiary education fair in Latin America? .Agenda for International Development (A-id.org).

How to understand academic disadvantages in PISA assessments in the Latin America region?  Agenda for International Development (A-id.org).

Why Latin America's primary education is so bad?  Agenda for International Development (A-id.org).


Theses

Private Privileges and Public Consequences: Inequality of Educational Opportunity and Learning Dynamics in Chile and Latin America

PhD (c) Social Sciences at AISSR, University of Amsterdam, (2022). (SIMCE 2005-2014), Administrative registers of Government of Chile, UNESCO TERCE 2013)



Cross-national differentiation in school systems and achievement: Compositional and contextual factors in Chile 

Research Master (MSc) Social Policy at London School of Economics and Political Science (2013). (TIMSS 2011)

Bruce H. Choppin Memorial Award 2014. International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)



Vulnerability to Poverty in Chile. Unequal Pattern of Social Inclusion?

Research Master (MSc) Sociology at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2005-2006).  (CASEN panel data) 

Cerón A. (2007). Vulnerabilidad a la pobreza en Chile : ¿patrón de integración social diferencial? Tesis (Magíster en Sociología)--Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2007.