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Fertility, Religion and Female Literacy : Analysis of 2001 Population Census of India
Siddhanta, Suddhasil - 2017
female literacy in Indian districts with a clear focus on improving the education status of Muslim females. A convergent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962432
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Measuring Externalities in Program Evaluation
Janssens, Wendy - 2005
Impact evaluations of development programmes usually focus on a comparison of participants with a control group. However, if the programme generates externalities for non-participants such an approach will capture only part of the programme’s impact. Based on a unique large-scale quantitative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325173
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Elementary education in India versus China: Guidelines for NEP implementation
Kumar, Naveen; Varghese, Vinitha - 2022
This paper documents the state of elementary education in India and China since the 1960s, key lessons for India from …'s New Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020). The divergent policy focus has led to differential trajectories for elementary … education in the two emerging economies, with China being decades ahead in improving literacy rates. China's adoption of the New …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472598
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Remember when it rained: The elusiveness of gender discrimination in Indian school enrollment
Zimmermann, Laura - 2012
Indian girls have significantly lower school enrollment rates than boys. Anecdotal evidence suggests that gender-differential treatment is the main explanation, but empirical support is often weak. I analyze school enrollment using rainfall shocks, a plausibly exogenous source of income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289920
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Measuring externalities in program evaluation
Janssens, Wendy - 2006
Impact evaluations of development programmes usually focus on a comparison of participants with a control group. However, if the programme generates externalities for non-participants such an approach will capture only part of the programme’s impact. Based on a unique large-scale quantitative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343252
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Female labor force participation and child education in India : evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
Afridi, Farzana; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Sahoo, Soham - In: IZA journal of labor & development 5 (2016) 7, pp. 1-27
We exploit the implementation of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to identify exogenous shifts in mothers' labor force participation and its impact on their children's educational outcomes. Using child level panel data, we find that a mother's participation in the labor force...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480971
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Elementary education in India versus China : guidelines for NEP implementation
Kumar, Naveen; Varghese, Vinitha - 2022
This paper documents the state of elementary education in India and China since the 1960s, key lessons for India from …'s New Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020). The divergent policy focus has led to differential trajectories for elementary … education in the two emerging economies, with China being decades ahead in improving literacy rates. China's adoption of the New …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013259892
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Aspirations, poverty and education: evidence from India
Serneels, Pieter; Dercon, Stefan - 2020
This paper investigates whether aspirations matter for education, which offers a common route out of poverty. We find … attending private education. These results are confirmed for outcomes at age 15. The findings provide direct evidence on the … contribution of mother aspirations to children's education outcomes and point to aspirations as a channel of intergenerational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290816
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Remember When It Rained: The Elusiveness of Gender Discrimination in Indian School Enrollment
Zimmermann, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Indian girls have significantly lower school enrollment rates than boys. Anecdotal evidence suggests that gender-differential treatment is the main explanation, but empirical support is often weak. I analyze school enrollment using rainfall shocks, a plausibly exogenous source of income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887070
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Measuring Externalities in Program Evaluation
Janssens, Wendy - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005
Impact evaluations of development programmes usually focus on a comparison of participants with a control group. However, if the programme generates externalities for non-participants such an approach will capture only part of the programme’s impact. Based on a unique large-scale quantitative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255655