The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War
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 o...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/442851529499024711/The-long-run-and-gender-equalizing-impacts-of-school-access-evidence-from-the-first-Indochina-war http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29933 |
| 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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