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Can Private School Growth Foster Universal Literacy? Panel Evidence from Indian Districts
Pal, Sarmistha - 2010
this respect. Using India as an important case in point, we intend to bridge this gap of the literature. Results using a … unique district-level panel data-set from 17 major states of India for the period 1992-2002 that we compile highlight a …
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Preschool education in Brazil : does public supply crowd out private enrollment?
Bastos, Paulo; Straume, Odd Rune - 2013
This paper examines whether an expansion in the supply of public preschool crowds out private enrollment, using rich data for municipalities in Brazil from 2000-2006, where federal transfers to local governments change discontinuously with given population thresholds. Results from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246483
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Preschool Education in Brazil : Does Public Supply Crowd Out Private Enrollment?
Bastos, Paulo - 2013
This paper examines whether an expansion in the supply of public preschool crowds out private enrollment, using rich data for municipalities in Brazil from 2000-2006, where federal transfers to local governments change discontinuously with given population thresholds. Results from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071708
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The effects of school libraries on language skills : evidence from a randomized controlled trial in India
Borkum, Evan; He, Fang; Linden, Leigh L. - 2013
We conduct a randomized controlled trial of an Indian school library program. Overall, the program had no impact on students' scores on a language skills test administered after 16 months. The estimates are sufficiently precise to rule out effects larger than 0.053 and 0.037 standard deviations,...
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The Effects of School Libraries on Language Skills : Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in India
Borkum, Evan - 2013
We conduct a randomized controlled trial of an Indian school library program. Overall, the program had no impact on students' scores on a language skills test administered after 16 months. The estimates are sufficiently precise to rule out effects larger than 0.053 and 0.037 standard deviations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085045
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Do Preschools Add ‘Value’? Evidence on Achievement Gaps From Rural India
Gupta, Sweta - 2021
Despite a long-standing preschool policy and investment in preschool infrastructure in India, dating back to 1975, a … rigorous evaluation of preschools in India remains virtually absent. Using data from three geographically and economically … distinct states in India, the paper studies the immediate (1 year) impact of attending a preschool before starting primary …
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Stock of Indian S&T Manpower
Saxena, Deepak; Banerjee, P. - 2009
S&T manpower act as the most important ingredient for scientific and technological activities. It is also an indicator of technological competitiveness of a country, which is most important in the 21st century. The manpower outturn and stock is also an important input while designing science...
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The Elite and the Marginalised : An Analysis of Public Spending on Mass Education in the Indian States
Pal, Sarmistha; Ghosh, Sugata - 2021
In the context of strikingly low literacy rates among Indian women and low caste population, the paper explores whether and how far the interests of the marginalized poor are undermined by the dominant elite consisting mainly of the landed and the capitalists. We distinguish the dominant elite...
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Revisiting the Role of Private Schooling on Children Learning Outcomes : Evidence from Rural India
Singhal, Karan - 2017
learning outcomes. In the view of increasing preference of private primary schooling in India, using instrument variable …-random selection of children attending private schools and then presents an all-India estimate unlike most studies which have dealt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953873
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Direct and indirect effects of the Right to Education Act on the enrolment of disadvantaged groups in India
Vinod, Athira - 2024
Using longitudinal school data from India, this paper examines enrolment trends of socially disadvantaged children post …
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