This paper revisits the issue of the intra-household allocation of education expenditure with the recently available India Human Development Survey which refers to 2005 and covers both urban and rural areas. In addition to the traditional Engel method, the paper utilizes a Hurdle model to...

This paper revisits the issue of the intra-household allocation of education expenditure with the recently available India Human Development Survey which refers to 2005 and covers both urban and rural areas. In addition to the traditional Engel method, the paper utilizes a Hurdle model to...

We examine the effect of attending private secondary school on educational achievement, as measured by scores in a comprehensive standardize math test, in two Indian states: Orissa and Rajasthan. We use propensity score matching (PSM) to control for any systematic differences between students...

Using nationally representative education survey, we explore caste differences in private school attendance in India. We find lower private school attendance among the disadvantaged castes -- Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Other Backward Castes (OBCs) -- when compared to the...