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The Long-Term Impacts of Girl-Friendly Schools: Evidence from the BRIGHT School Construction Program in Burkina Faso / Nicholas Ingwersen, Harounan Kazianga, Leigh L. Linden, Arif Mamun, Ali Protik, Matthew Sloan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ingwersen, Nicholas.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w25994.
- NBER working paper series no. w25994
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Long-Term Impacts of Girl-Friendly Schools
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2019.
- Summary:
- We evaluate the long-term effects of a "girl-friendly" primary school program in Burkina Faso, using a regression discontinuity design. Ten years later, primary school-age children in villages selected for the program attend school more often and score significantly higher on standardized tests. We also find long-term effects on academic and social outcomes for children exposed earlier in the program. Secondary-school-age youths and young adults (those old enough to have finished secondary school) complete primary and secondary school at higher rates and perform significantly better on standardized tests. Women old enough to have completed secondary school delay both marriage and childbearing.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- June 2019.
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