Increasing Access by Waiving Tuition : Evidence from Haiti

Despite impressive gains in increasing access to school over the past 20 years, an estimated 57 million children worldwide do not go to school. Abolishing school fees has increased enrollment rates in several countries where enrollments were low an...

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Main Authors:	Adelman, Melissa A., Holland, Peter A.
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ABSENCE OF SCHOOLS ACCESS TO LEARNING AGE OF STUDENTS AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS BINDING BLACKBOARDS CLASS SIZE CLASS-SIZE CLASSROOMS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COMPLETION RATES COSTS OF EDUCATION DEGREES DELIVERY OF EDUCATION DELIVERY OF EDUCATION SERVICES DROPOUT RATES EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION INDICATORS EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SYSTEM ENROLLMENT BY GRADE ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATES FEMALE STUDENTS FIRST GRADE FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION GIRLS GRADE ENROLLMENT GRADE REPETITION GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES HIGHER ENROLLMENT HIGHER ENROLLMENT RATES HIGHER GRADES INTERVENTIONS LEARNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LITERATURE MALE TEACHERS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL SCHOOL NET ENROLLMENT NET ENROLLMENT RATE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS OPEN ACCESS OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN PAPERS PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY NET ENROLLMENT RATE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ACCESS PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL FEES PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIMARY STUDENTS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY EDUCATION RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS REPEATERS REPETITION RATES RURAL AREAS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CENSUS SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS SCHOOL TUITION SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL TUITION SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SPORTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ENROLLMENT STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT PARTICIPATION STUDENT POPULATION STUDENT POPULATIONS STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS STUDENTS PER TEACHER TEACHER TEACHER RATIOS TEACHER SALARIES TEACHERS TEACHING TEXTBOOKS TUITION TUITION FEES TUITION WAIVERS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNIVERSAL PRIMARY ENROLLMENT VOUCHERS
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spelling	okr-10986-213922021-04-23T14:04:02Z Increasing Access by Waiving Tuition : Evidence from Haiti Adelman, Melissa A. Holland, Peter A. ABSENCE OF SCHOOLS ACCESS TO LEARNING AGE OF STUDENTS AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS BINDING BLACKBOARDS CLASS SIZE CLASS-SIZE CLASSROOMS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COMPLETION RATES COSTS OF EDUCATION DEGREES DELIVERY OF EDUCATION DELIVERY OF EDUCATION SERVICES DROPOUT RATES EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION INDICATORS EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SYSTEM ENROLLMENT BY GRADE ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATES FEMALE STUDENTS FIRST GRADE FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION GIRLS GRADE ENROLLMENT GRADE REPETITION GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES HIGHER ENROLLMENT HIGHER ENROLLMENT RATES HIGHER GRADES INTERVENTIONS LEARNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LITERATURE MALE TEACHERS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL SCHOOL NET ENROLLMENT NET ENROLLMENT RATE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS OPEN ACCESS OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN PAPERS PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY NET ENROLLMENT RATE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ACCESS PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL FEES PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIMARY STUDENTS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY EDUCATION RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS REPEATERS REPETITION RATES RURAL AREAS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CENSUS SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS SCHOOL TUITION SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL TUITION SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SPORTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ENROLLMENT STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT PARTICIPATION STUDENT POPULATION STUDENT POPULATIONS STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS STUDENTS PER TEACHER TEACHER TEACHER RATIOS TEACHER SALARIES TEACHERS TEACHING TEXTBOOKS TUITION TUITION FEES TUITION WAIVERS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNIVERSAL PRIMARY ENROLLMENT VOUCHERS Despite impressive gains in increasing access to school over the past 20 years, an estimated 57 million children worldwide do not go to school. Abolishing school fees has increased enrollment rates in several countries where enrollments were low and school fees were high. However, such policies may be less effective, or even have negative consequences, when supply-side responses are weak. This paper evaluates the school-level impacts of a tuition waiver program in Haiti, which provided public financing to nonpublic schools conditional on these schools not charging tuition. The paper concludes that a school's participation in the program results in having more students enrolled, more staff, and slightly higher student-teacher ratios. The program also reduces grade repetition and the share of students who are over-age. Although the increase in students at participating schools does not directly equate to a reduction in the number of children out of school, it does demonstrate strong demand from families for the program, and a correspondingly strong supply response from the nonpublic sector. 2015-02-03T16:18:28Z 2015-02-03T16:18:28Z 2015-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23856325/increasing-access-waiving-tuition-evidence-haiti http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21392 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7175 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Haiti
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topic	ABSENCE OF SCHOOLS ACCESS TO LEARNING AGE OF STUDENTS AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS BINDING BLACKBOARDS CLASS SIZE CLASS-SIZE CLASSROOMS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COMPLETION RATES COSTS OF EDUCATION DEGREES DELIVERY OF EDUCATION DELIVERY OF EDUCATION SERVICES DROPOUT RATES EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION INDICATORS EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SYSTEM ENROLLMENT BY GRADE ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATES FEMALE STUDENTS FIRST GRADE FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION GIRLS GRADE ENROLLMENT GRADE REPETITION GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES HIGHER ENROLLMENT HIGHER ENROLLMENT RATES HIGHER GRADES INTERVENTIONS LEARNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LITERATURE MALE TEACHERS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL SCHOOL NET ENROLLMENT NET ENROLLMENT RATE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS OPEN ACCESS OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN PAPERS PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY NET ENROLLMENT RATE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ACCESS PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL FEES PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIMARY STUDENTS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY EDUCATION RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS REPEATERS REPETITION RATES RURAL AREAS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CENSUS SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS SCHOOL TUITION SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL TUITION SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SPORTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ENROLLMENT STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT PARTICIPATION STUDENT POPULATION STUDENT POPULATIONS STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS STUDENTS PER TEACHER TEACHER TEACHER RATIOS TEACHER SALARIES TEACHERS TEACHING TEXTBOOKS TUITION TUITION FEES TUITION WAIVERS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNIVERSAL PRIMARY ENROLLMENT VOUCHERS
spellingShingle	ABSENCE OF SCHOOLS ACCESS TO LEARNING AGE OF STUDENTS AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS BINDING BLACKBOARDS CLASS SIZE CLASS-SIZE CLASSROOMS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COMPLETION RATES COSTS OF EDUCATION DEGREES DELIVERY OF EDUCATION DELIVERY OF EDUCATION SERVICES DROPOUT RATES EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION INDICATORS EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SYSTEM ENROLLMENT BY GRADE ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATES FEMALE STUDENTS FIRST GRADE FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION GIRLS GRADE ENROLLMENT GRADE REPETITION GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES HIGHER ENROLLMENT HIGHER ENROLLMENT RATES HIGHER GRADES INTERVENTIONS LEARNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LITERATURE MALE TEACHERS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL SCHOOL NET ENROLLMENT NET ENROLLMENT RATE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS OPEN ACCESS OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN PAPERS PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY NET ENROLLMENT RATE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ACCESS PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL FEES PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIMARY STUDENTS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY EDUCATION RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS REPEATERS REPETITION RATES RURAL AREAS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CENSUS SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS SCHOOL TUITION SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL TUITION SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SPORTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ENROLLMENT STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT PARTICIPATION STUDENT POPULATION STUDENT POPULATIONS STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS STUDENTS PER TEACHER TEACHER TEACHER RATIOS TEACHER SALARIES TEACHERS TEACHING TEXTBOOKS TUITION TUITION FEES TUITION WAIVERS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNIVERSAL PRIMARY ENROLLMENT VOUCHERS Adelman, Melissa A. Holland, Peter A. Increasing Access by Waiving Tuition : Evidence from Haiti
geographic_facet	Latin America & Caribbean Haiti
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7175
description	Despite impressive gains in increasing access to school over the past 20 years, an estimated 57 million children worldwide do not go to school. Abolishing school fees has increased enrollment rates in several countries where enrollments were low and school fees were high. However, such policies may be less effective, or even have negative consequences, when supply-side responses are weak. This paper evaluates the school-level impacts of a tuition waiver program in Haiti, which provided public financing to nonpublic schools conditional on these schools not charging tuition. The paper concludes that a school's participation in the program results in having more students enrolled, more staff, and slightly higher student-teacher ratios. The program also reduces grade repetition and the share of students who are over-age. Although the increase in students at participating schools does not directly equate to a reduction in the number of children out of school, it does demonstrate strong demand from families for the program, and a correspondingly strong supply response from the nonpublic sector.
format	Publications & Research
author	Adelman, Melissa A. Holland, Peter A.
author_facet	Adelman, Melissa A. Holland, Peter A.
author_sort	Adelman, Melissa A.
title	Increasing Access by Waiving Tuition : Evidence from Haiti
title_short	Increasing Access by Waiving Tuition : Evidence from Haiti
title_full	Increasing Access by Waiving Tuition : Evidence from Haiti
title_fullStr	Increasing Access by Waiving Tuition : Evidence from Haiti
title_full_unstemmed	Increasing Access by Waiving Tuition : Evidence from Haiti
title_sort	increasing access by waiving tuition : evidence from haiti
publisher	World Bank Group, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23856325/increasing-access-waiving-tuition-evidence-haiti http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21392
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Increasing Access by Waiving Tuition : Evidence from Haiti

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