Quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of mother tongue-based education on reading skills and early labour market outcomes.

Autor/in	Argaw, Bethlehem A.
Institution	Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
Titel	Quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of mother tongue-based education on reading skills and early labour market outcomes. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Quasi-experimenteller Hinweis auf die Effekte muttersprachlich-basierter Bildung auf Lesekompetenz und frühen Arbeitsmarkterfolg.
Quelle	Mannheim (2016), 27 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	ZEW discussion paper. 2016-016
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Allgemeinbildung; Kompetenz; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsreform; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Primarbereich; Unterricht; Umgangssprache; Lesen; Muttersprache; Beschäftigungseffekt; Kompetenzentwicklung; Ethnische Gruppe; Minderheit; Äthiopien
Abstract	"Prior to the introduction of mother tongue based education in 1994, the language of instruction for most subjects in Ethiopia's primary schools was the official language (Amharic) - the mother tongue of only one third of the population. This paper uses the variation in individual's exposure to the policy change across birth cohorts and mother tongues to estimate the effects of language of instruction on reading skills and early labour market outcomes. The results indicate that the reading skills of birth cohorts that gained access to mother tongue-based primary education after 1994 improved significantly by about 11 percentage points. The provision of primary education in mother tongue halved the reading skills gap between Amharic and non-Amharic mother tongue users. The improved reading skills seem to translate into gains in the labour market in terms of the skill contents of jobs held and the type of payment individuals receive for their work. An increase in school enrollment and enhanced parental educational investment at home are identified as potential channels linking mother tongue instruction and an improvement in reading skills." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Forschungsmethode: empirisch; Experiment; Evaluation; anwendungsorientiert. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1994 bis 2011.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2016/3