The Impact of Free Secondary Education. Experimental Evidence from Ghana.

Autor/inn/en	Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; Kremer, Michael
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	The Impact of Free Secondary Education. Experimental Evidence from Ghana.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research (2021) PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper series. w28937
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Ghana; Schulpolitik; Schulpolitik; Weiterführende Schule; Wirkungsanalyse; Weiterführende Schule; Arbeitspapier; Wirkungsanalyse; Ghana
Abstract	Following the widespread adoption of free primary education, African policymakers are now considering making secondary school free, but little is known about the private and social benefits of free secondary education. We exploit randomized assignment to secondary school scholarships among 2,064 youths in Ghana, combined with 12 years of data, to establish that scholarships increase educational attainment, knowledge, skills, and preventative health behaviors, while reducing female fertility. Eleven years after receipt of the scholarship, only female winners show private labor market gains, but those come primarily in the form of better access to jobs with rents (in particular rationed jobs in the public sector). We develop a simple model to interpret the labor market results and help think through the welfare impact of free secondary education.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2021/4