Hidalgo, Diana; Onofa, Mercedes; Oosterbeek, Hessel; … - 2010
free uniforms to primary school children in Ecuador, we find that the interventionhas a significantly negative impact on … attendance. An explanation is thatparents who pay for their children’s uniforms (the control group) feel more committedto the … school than parents who got the uniforms for free (the treated) andtherefore encourage their children to attend school …