School Quality, Labor Markets and Human Capital Investments : Long-term Impacts of an Early Stage Education Intervention in the Philippines
This paper examines the long-term impacts of improved school quality at the elementary school stage on subsequent schooling investments and labor market outcomes using unique data from a recent survey that tracked students in the Philippines. The e...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, Dc
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16906082/school-quality-labor-markets-human-capital-investments-long-term-impacts-early-stage-education-intervention-philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12109 |
| Summary: | This paper examines the long-term
impacts of improved school quality at the elementary school
stage on subsequent schooling investments and labor market
outcomes using unique data from a recent survey that tracked
students in the Philippines. The empirical results, which
are based on a comparison of students who graduated from
schools located in adjacent treatment and control areas
before and after a school intervention, show significant
differences in subsequent schooling investments, migration,
and labor market earnings between females and males. That
is, females study more (relative to males) and tend to
migrate and earn more if they receive high-quality
educational investments at an early stage. The above results
are consistent with females' greater incentives to
study, driven by their higher returns to schooling,
especially after high school completion, observed in the
labor market. |
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