Are Public Libraries Improving Quality of Education? : When the Provision of Public Goods is Not Enough
This paper analyzes the relation between public, education-related infrastructure and the quality of education in schools. The analysis uses a case study of the establishment of two large, high-quality public libraries in low-income areas in Bogotá...
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okr-10986-228522021-04-23T14:04:11Z Are Public Libraries Improving Quality of Education? : When the Provision of Public Goods is Not Enough Rodriguez Lesmes, Paul Trujillo, Jose Daniel Valderrama, Daniel SKILLS EVALUATION OF EDUCATION TEACHING FORCE PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH COLLEGE MALE STUDENTS ITS TEACHERS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES SCHOOL LIBRARY SERVICES NUMBER OF SCHOOLS STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO TUITION MALE STUDENT SCHOOL DAY EDUCATION OUTCOMES PUPIL RATIO HIGHER EDUCATION SUBJECT AREAS HIGH ACHIEVEMENT PAPERS LEARNING MATERIALS EDUCATION QUALITY ADULTS OPEN ACCESS EDUCATIONAL POLICY LITERACY TEXTBOOKS TEACHER-PUPIL RATIO KNOWLEDGE EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE CRITICAL THINKING SCHOOL CALENDARS LEARNING MATERIAL QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO TESTS PRIVATE SCHOOLS GRADUATE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL PROGRAMS PEDAGOGY LET STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL INPUTS LEARNING EDUCATION SYSTEM RESEARCH SCHOOL QUALITY JOB TRAINING TEACHING TEST SCORES SCHOOL LEVEL TESTING GRADUATE STUDIES ACCESS TO INFORMATION LIBRARIES PRIMARY SCHOOLS READING SCHOOL SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL SPORTS DROPOUT RATES STUDY COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE STUDIES TEACHER EDUCATION LIBRAR SCIENCE TUITION FEES SOFTWARE VALUES STUDENT SCHOOLS SCHOOL LIBRARY STUDENT PERFORMANCE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATION LEVEL LITERATURE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SCHOOL COUNCILS WORKSHOPS SCHOOL LIBRARIES PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY OF LIFE TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES CALL FEMALE STUDENTS COLLEGE STUDENTS TEACHER RATIO LEVEL OF EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION EDUCATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE STATISTICS PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS HUMAN RESOURCES TYPES OF EDUCATION FACILITIES PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS LIVING CONDITIONS PRIMARY LEVEL SCHOOL EDUCATION TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO NUMBER OF STUDENTS FEES PRIMARY EDUCATION TEACHER QUALITY FREE TEXTBOOKS LABOR MARKETS CLASSROOMS SCHOOL EDUCATION DATA SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SECONDARY EDUCATION GRADUATE STUDENTS STUDENT LEARNING ACADEMIC YEAR UNIVERSITIES ACADEMIC RESULTS This paper analyzes the relation between public, education-related infrastructure and the quality of education in schools. The analysis uses a case study of the establishment of two large, high-quality public libraries in low-income areas in Bogotá, Colombia. It assesses the impact of these libraries on the quality of education by comparing national test scores (SABER 11) for schools close to and far from the libraries before (2000–02) and after (2003–08) the libraries were opened. The paper introduces a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition on difference-in-differences estimates to assess whether variation of traditional determinants of mathematics, verbal, and science test scores explains the estimates. The analysis finds differences that are not statistically different from zero that could be attributed to the establishment of the libraries. These results are robust to alternative specifications, a synthetic control approach, and an alternative measure of distance. 2015-11-04T22:51:51Z 2015-11-04T22:51:51Z 2015-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25103257/public-libraries-improving-quality-education-provision-public-goods-not-enough http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22852 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7429 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Colombia |
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SKILLS EVALUATION OF EDUCATION TEACHING FORCE PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH COLLEGE MALE STUDENTS ITS TEACHERS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES SCHOOL LIBRARY SERVICES NUMBER OF SCHOOLS STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO TUITION MALE STUDENT SCHOOL DAY EDUCATION OUTCOMES PUPIL RATIO HIGHER EDUCATION SUBJECT AREAS HIGH ACHIEVEMENT PAPERS LEARNING MATERIALS EDUCATION QUALITY ADULTS OPEN ACCESS EDUCATIONAL POLICY LITERACY TEXTBOOKS TEACHER-PUPIL RATIO KNOWLEDGE EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE CRITICAL THINKING SCHOOL CALENDARS LEARNING MATERIAL QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO TESTS PRIVATE SCHOOLS GRADUATE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL PROGRAMS PEDAGOGY LET STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL INPUTS LEARNING EDUCATION SYSTEM RESEARCH SCHOOL QUALITY JOB TRAINING TEACHING TEST SCORES SCHOOL LEVEL TESTING GRADUATE STUDIES ACCESS TO INFORMATION LIBRARIES PRIMARY SCHOOLS READING SCHOOL SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL SPORTS DROPOUT RATES STUDY COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE STUDIES TEACHER EDUCATION LIBRAR SCIENCE TUITION FEES SOFTWARE VALUES STUDENT SCHOOLS SCHOOL LIBRARY STUDENT PERFORMANCE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATION LEVEL LITERATURE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SCHOOL COUNCILS WORKSHOPS SCHOOL LIBRARIES PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY OF LIFE TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES CALL FEMALE STUDENTS COLLEGE STUDENTS TEACHER RATIO LEVEL OF EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION EDUCATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE STATISTICS PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS HUMAN RESOURCES TYPES OF EDUCATION FACILITIES PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS LIVING CONDITIONS PRIMARY LEVEL SCHOOL EDUCATION TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO NUMBER OF STUDENTS FEES PRIMARY EDUCATION TEACHER QUALITY FREE TEXTBOOKS LABOR MARKETS CLASSROOMS SCHOOL EDUCATION DATA SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SECONDARY EDUCATION GRADUATE STUDENTS STUDENT LEARNING ACADEMIC YEAR UNIVERSITIES ACADEMIC RESULTS |
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SKILLS EVALUATION OF EDUCATION TEACHING FORCE PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH COLLEGE MALE STUDENTS ITS TEACHERS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES SCHOOL LIBRARY SERVICES NUMBER OF SCHOOLS STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO TUITION MALE STUDENT SCHOOL DAY EDUCATION OUTCOMES PUPIL RATIO HIGHER EDUCATION SUBJECT AREAS HIGH ACHIEVEMENT PAPERS LEARNING MATERIALS EDUCATION QUALITY ADULTS OPEN ACCESS EDUCATIONAL POLICY LITERACY TEXTBOOKS TEACHER-PUPIL RATIO KNOWLEDGE EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE CRITICAL THINKING SCHOOL CALENDARS LEARNING MATERIAL QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO TESTS PRIVATE SCHOOLS GRADUATE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL PROGRAMS PEDAGOGY LET STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL INPUTS LEARNING EDUCATION SYSTEM RESEARCH SCHOOL QUALITY JOB TRAINING TEACHING TEST SCORES SCHOOL LEVEL TESTING GRADUATE STUDIES ACCESS TO INFORMATION LIBRARIES PRIMARY SCHOOLS READING SCHOOL SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL SPORTS DROPOUT RATES STUDY COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE STUDIES TEACHER EDUCATION LIBRAR SCIENCE TUITION FEES SOFTWARE VALUES STUDENT SCHOOLS SCHOOL LIBRARY STUDENT PERFORMANCE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATION LEVEL LITERATURE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SCHOOL COUNCILS WORKSHOPS SCHOOL LIBRARIES PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY OF LIFE TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES CALL FEMALE STUDENTS COLLEGE STUDENTS TEACHER RATIO LEVEL OF EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION EDUCATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE STATISTICS PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS HUMAN RESOURCES TYPES OF EDUCATION FACILITIES PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS LIVING CONDITIONS PRIMARY LEVEL SCHOOL EDUCATION TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO NUMBER OF STUDENTS FEES PRIMARY EDUCATION TEACHER QUALITY FREE TEXTBOOKS LABOR MARKETS CLASSROOMS SCHOOL EDUCATION DATA SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SECONDARY EDUCATION GRADUATE STUDENTS STUDENT LEARNING ACADEMIC YEAR UNIVERSITIES ACADEMIC RESULTS Rodriguez Lesmes, Paul Trujillo, Jose Daniel Valderrama, Daniel Are Public Libraries Improving Quality of Education? : When the Provision of Public Goods is Not Enough |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7429 |
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This paper analyzes the relation between
public, education-related infrastructure and the quality of
education in schools. The analysis uses a case study of the
establishment of two large, high-quality public libraries in
low-income areas in Bogotá, Colombia. It assesses the impact
of these libraries on the quality of education by comparing
national test scores (SABER 11) for schools close to and far
from the libraries before (2000–02) and after (2003–08) the
libraries were opened. The paper introduces a Blinder-Oaxaca
decomposition on difference-in-differences estimates to assess
whether variation of traditional determinants of
mathematics, verbal, and science test scores explains the
estimates. The analysis finds differences that are not
statistically different from zero that could be attributed to
the establishment of the libraries. These results are robust
to alternative specifications, a synthetic control approach,
and an alternative measure of distance. |
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Working Paper |
| author |
Rodriguez Lesmes, Paul Trujillo, Jose Daniel Valderrama, Daniel |
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Rodriguez Lesmes, Paul Trujillo, Jose Daniel Valderrama, Daniel |
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Rodriguez Lesmes, Paul |
| title |
Are Public Libraries Improving Quality of Education? : When the Provision of Public Goods is Not Enough |
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Are Public Libraries Improving Quality of Education? : When the Provision of Public Goods is Not Enough |
| title_full |
Are Public Libraries Improving Quality of Education? : When the Provision of Public Goods is Not Enough |
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Are Public Libraries Improving Quality of Education? : When the Provision of Public Goods is Not Enough |
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Are Public Libraries Improving Quality of Education? : When the Provision of Public Goods is Not Enough |
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are public libraries improving quality of education? : when the provision of public goods is not enough |
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Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25103257/public-libraries-improving-quality-education-provision-public-goods-not-enough http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22852 |
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