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The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War / Dang, Hai-Anh H.
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Dang, Hai-Anh H.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Armed Conflict.
- Conflict and Development.
- Differencein-Difference.
- Education.
- Education Achievement.
- Educational Institutions and Facilities.
- Educational Sciences.
- Effective Schools and Teachers.
- Long-Term Impact.
- Popular Education.
- Primary Education.
- Reading Literacy.
- School Policy.
- War.
- Local Subjects:
- Armed Conflict.
- Conflict and Development.
- Differencein-Difference.
- Education.
- Education Achievement.
- Educational Institutions and Facilities.
- Educational Sciences.
- Effective Schools and Teachers.
- Long-Term Impact.
- Popular Education.
- Primary Education.
- Reading Literacy.
- School Policy.
- War.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (74 pages)
- Other Title:
- Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2018.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Very few studies currently exist on the long-term impacts of schooling policies in developing countries. This paper examines the impacts-half a century later-of a mass education program conducted by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the occupied areas during the First Indochina War. Difference-in-difference estimation results suggest that school-age children who were exposed to the program obtained significantly higher levels of education than their peers who were residing in French-occupied areas. The impacts are statistically significant for school-age girls and not for school-age boys. The analysis finds beneficial spillover and inter-generational impacts of education: affected girls enjoyed higher household living standards, had more educated spouses, and raised more educated children. The paper discusses various robustness checks and extensions that support these findings.
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