If You Build It, Will They Come? School Availability and School Enrollment in 21 Poor Countries
Increasing the supply of schools is commonly advocated as a policy intervention to promote schooling. Analysis of the relationship between the school enrollment of 6 to 14 year olds and the distance to primary and secondary schools in 21 rural area...
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okr-10986-140702021-04-23T14:03:20Z If You Build It, Will They Come? School Availability and School Enrollment in 21 Poor Countries Filmer, Deon SCHOOL ENROLLMENT; SCHOOL PARTICIPATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; HEALTH SURVEYS; RURAL AREAS; SCHOOL QUALITY; HOUSEHOLDS; INEQUALITY; EDUCATION; CASH TRANSFERS; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION ACADEMIC YEAR ACCESS TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS ADOLESCENT GIRLS AGED DISTANCE TO SCHOOL ECONOMIC GROWTH ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENTS FAMILIES FEMALE ILLITERACY GIRLS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING INSTRUCTION INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LEARNING MATHEMATICS MOTHERS OVERALL ENROLLMENT PAPERS PARENTS PERSONAL SAFETY PHARMACY POOR COUNTRIES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS RURAL AREAS RURAL CHILDREN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING QUALITY SCHOOLS SECONDARY LEVEL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SIBLINGS TEACHER TEACHERS TEST SCORES Increasing the supply of schools is commonly advocated as a policy intervention to promote schooling. Analysis of the relationship between the school enrollment of 6 to 14 year olds and the distance to primary and secondary schools in 21 rural areas in low-income countries (including some of the poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa) reveals that the two are often statistically significantly related. However, the magnitudes of the associations are small. Simulating big reductions in distance yields only small increases in average school participation, and only small reductions in within-country inequality. The data are mostly cross-sectional and therefore it is difficult to assess the degree to which results might be driven by endogenous school placement. Data can be geographically matched over time in three of the study countries and under some assumptions the results from these countries are consistent with no substantial bias in the cross-sectional estimates. Although increasing school availability by decreasing the average distance to schools can be a tool for increasing enrollments, it cannot be expected to have a substantial effect. Other interventions, such as those geared toward increasing the demand for schooling or increasing the quality of schooling should be prioritized. 2013-06-20T18:27:53Z 2013-06-20T18:27:53Z 2004-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4844548/build-come-school-availability-school-enrollment-21-poor-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14070 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3340 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT; SCHOOL PARTICIPATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; HEALTH SURVEYS; RURAL AREAS; SCHOOL QUALITY; HOUSEHOLDS; INEQUALITY; EDUCATION; CASH TRANSFERS; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION ACADEMIC YEAR ACCESS TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS ADOLESCENT GIRLS AGED DISTANCE TO SCHOOL ECONOMIC GROWTH ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENTS FAMILIES FEMALE ILLITERACY GIRLS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING INSTRUCTION INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LEARNING MATHEMATICS MOTHERS OVERALL ENROLLMENT PAPERS PARENTS PERSONAL SAFETY PHARMACY POOR COUNTRIES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS RURAL AREAS RURAL CHILDREN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING QUALITY SCHOOLS SECONDARY LEVEL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SIBLINGS TEACHER TEACHERS TEST SCORES |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT; SCHOOL PARTICIPATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; HEALTH SURVEYS; RURAL AREAS; SCHOOL QUALITY; HOUSEHOLDS; INEQUALITY; EDUCATION; CASH TRANSFERS; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION ACADEMIC YEAR ACCESS TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS ADOLESCENT GIRLS AGED DISTANCE TO SCHOOL ECONOMIC GROWTH ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENTS FAMILIES FEMALE ILLITERACY GIRLS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING INSTRUCTION INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LEARNING MATHEMATICS MOTHERS OVERALL ENROLLMENT PAPERS PARENTS PERSONAL SAFETY PHARMACY POOR COUNTRIES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS RURAL AREAS RURAL CHILDREN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING QUALITY SCHOOLS SECONDARY LEVEL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SIBLINGS TEACHER TEACHERS TEST SCORES Filmer, Deon If You Build It, Will They Come? School Availability and School Enrollment in 21 Poor Countries |
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Increasing the supply of schools is
commonly advocated as a policy intervention to promote
schooling. Analysis of the relationship between the school
enrollment of 6 to 14 year olds and the distance to primary
and secondary schools in 21 rural areas in low-income
countries (including some of the poorest countries in
Sub-Saharan Africa) reveals that the two are often
statistically significantly related. However, the magnitudes
of the associations are small. Simulating big reductions in
distance yields only small increases in average school
participation, and only small reductions in within-country
inequality. The data are mostly cross-sectional and
therefore it is difficult to assess the degree to which
results might be driven by endogenous school placement. Data
can be geographically matched over time in three of the
study countries and under some assumptions the results from
these countries are consistent with no substantial bias in
the cross-sectional estimates. Although increasing school
availability by decreasing the average distance to schools
can be a tool for increasing enrollments, it cannot be
expected to have a substantial effect. Other interventions,
such as those geared toward increasing the demand for
schooling or increasing the quality of schooling should be prioritized. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Filmer, Deon |
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Filmer, Deon |
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Filmer, Deon |
| title |
If You Build It, Will They Come? School Availability and School Enrollment in 21 Poor Countries |
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If You Build It, Will They Come? School Availability and School Enrollment in 21 Poor Countries |
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If You Build It, Will They Come? School Availability and School Enrollment in 21 Poor Countries |
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If You Build It, Will They Come? School Availability and School Enrollment in 21 Poor Countries |
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If You Build It, Will They Come? School Availability and School Enrollment in 21 Poor Countries |
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if you build it, will they come? school availability and school enrollment in 21 poor countries |
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World Bank, Washington, D.C. |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4844548/build-come-school-availability-school-enrollment-21-poor-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14070 |
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