a larger reduction in school funding, and (ii) appear to have exited public schools partially in reaction to increased …

The relationship between school inputs and educational outcomes is critical for educational policy. The authors … recognize that households will respond optimally to changes in school inputs and study how such responses affect the link … between school inputs and cognitive achievement. To incorporate the forward-looking behavior of households, the authors …

direct impact of a female school stipend program in Punjab, Pakistan: Did the intervention increase female enrollment in … public schools? To address this question, the authors draw on data from the provincial school censuses of 2003 and 2005. They … strategies suggests that the average program impact between 2003 and 2005 was an increase of six female students per school in …

students'school participation and academic performance over two years, while also examining heterogeneous impacts and ….7 percent in the second), reducing gender gaps in school retention. The findings show large learning gains of 0.323 standard … gender. There were also large effects on school management outcomes, increasing the number of meetings by 16 percent and the …

educational attainment. Nevertheless, little evidence exists on whether increases in time spent in school have led to higher … learning in the context of the poor areas where PROSPERA principally operates, which tend to have overall low school quality … also confirms large effects on enrollment in secondary and high school, using administrative school enrollment data rather …

school and attending classes regularly. There were no such requirements under the unconditional programs. The results … who are traditionally favored by parents for school participation, including boys, older children, and higher ability … enrollment of "marginal children" who are initially less likely to go to school, such as girls, younger children, and lower …

of school size and class size on the performance of secondary schools on Ukraine's External Independent Test. They find …

This paper investigates the determinants of primary school enrollment, attendance and child labor in Bolivia from 1999 … common belief, being extremely poor and indigenous are the main determinants of school attendance. Although extremely poor … children increased their school attendance, they were not able to reduce child labor. However, for indigenous children school …

organize teaching. Almost 70 percent of schools in the Netherlands are administered by private school boards, and all schools … are government funded equally. This allows school choice. Using an instrument to identify school choice, it is shown that … the Dutch system promotes academic performance. The instrumental variables results show that private school attendance is …

This paper examines the effects of subsidized school meals on school participation, educational achievement, and school … preschools in a pool of 50. Children's school participation was 30 percent higher in the treatment group than in the comparison … experienced prior to the program. The school meals displaced teaching time and led to larger class sizes. Despite improved …