The Influence of Price on School Enrollment under Uganda's Policy of Free Primary Education

Autor/in	Lincove, Jane Arnold
Titel	The Influence of Price on School Enrollment under Uganda's Policy of Free Primary Education
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 31 (2012) 5, S.799-811 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.04.007
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Costs; Enrollment; Educational Policy; Equal Education; Elementary Education; Barriers; Gender Differences; Surveys; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Cost; Kosten; Einschulung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Elementarunterricht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	This study uses household survey data to estimate determinants of schooling in Uganda, with a model that includes the price of school. Uganda's universal education policy offered free tuition, fees, and supplies to up to four children per family, including two daughters. The empirical method includes an estimation of a child-specific price of schooling. Despite widespread subsidies, the cost of primary school remained an obstacle under this policy, but the effects of price were similar for boys and girls. Regressions by wealth quintile estimate nonlinear effects of wealth and price, suggesting that there are opportunities to expand education through targeted cash transfer and subsidy policies. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10