Household Schooling Decisions in Rural Pakistan
Human capital investments in Pakistan are performing poorly; school enrollment is low, the high school dropout rate is high, and there is a definite gender gap in education. The authors conducted field surveys in 25 Pakistani villages and integrate...
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okr-10986-157452021-04-23T14:03:19Z Household Schooling Decisions in Rural Pakistan Sawada, Yasayuki Lokshin, Michael HOME SCHOOLING HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS RURAL SCHOOLS FEMALE TEACHERS PRIMARY SCHOOLS GIRLS' EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMETRIC MODELS DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RETENTION BIRTH ORDER SCHOOLING ACCESS TO EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTENDANCE EDUCATIONAL DELIVERY EDUCATIONAL EQUALIZATION EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES SUPPLY-SIDE POLICY EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT AGE COHORT ASSETS BENCHMARK BINDING CHILD EDUCATION CHILD LABOR DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISCRIMINATION ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC STATUS ECONOMIC THEORY EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE EXPECTED UTILITY FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE STUDENTS FEMALE TEACHERS FIELD RESEARCH FUNCTIONAL FORMS FUTURE RESEARCH GENDER GAP GIRLS GROWTH RATE GROWTH THEORY HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR HOUSEHOLD DECISIONS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SCHOOLING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INTEREST RATE INTERVENTIONS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION LABOR MARKET LET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION Human capital investments in Pakistan are performing poorly; school enrollment is low, the high school dropout rate is high, and there is a definite gender gap in education. The authors conducted field surveys in 25 Pakistani villages and integrated their field observations, economic theory, and econometric analysis to investigate the sequential nature of education decisions--because current outcomes depend not only on current decisions but also on past decisions. Their full-information maximum likelihood estimate of the sequential schooling decision model reveals important dynamics affecting the gender gap in education, the effects of transitory income and wealth, and intrahousehold resource allocation patterns. They find, among other things, that in rural Pakistan: 1) There is a high educational retention rate, conditional on school entry, and that male and female schooling progression rates become comparable at higher levels of education. 2) A household's human and physical assets and changes in its income significantly affect children's education patterns. Birth order affects siblings' competition for resources. 3) Serious supply-side constraints on village girls' primary education suggest the importance of supply-side policy interventions in Pakistan's rural primary education--for example, providing more girls' primary schools close to villages and employing more female teachers. 2013-09-09T21:41:15Z 2013-09-09T21:41:15Z 2001-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1000494/household-schooling-decisions-rural-pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15745 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2541 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Pakistan |
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HOME SCHOOLING HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS RURAL SCHOOLS FEMALE TEACHERS PRIMARY SCHOOLS GIRLS' EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMETRIC MODELS DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RETENTION BIRTH ORDER SCHOOLING ACCESS TO EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTENDANCE EDUCATIONAL DELIVERY EDUCATIONAL EQUALIZATION EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES SUPPLY-SIDE POLICY EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT AGE COHORT ASSETS BENCHMARK BINDING CHILD EDUCATION CHILD LABOR DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISCRIMINATION ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC STATUS ECONOMIC THEORY EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE EXPECTED UTILITY FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE STUDENTS FEMALE TEACHERS FIELD RESEARCH FUNCTIONAL FORMS FUTURE RESEARCH GENDER GAP GIRLS GROWTH RATE GROWTH THEORY HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR HOUSEHOLD DECISIONS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SCHOOLING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INTEREST RATE INTERVENTIONS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION LABOR MARKET LET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION |
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HOME SCHOOLING HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS RURAL SCHOOLS FEMALE TEACHERS PRIMARY SCHOOLS GIRLS' EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMETRIC MODELS DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RETENTION BIRTH ORDER SCHOOLING ACCESS TO EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTENDANCE EDUCATIONAL DELIVERY EDUCATIONAL EQUALIZATION EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES SUPPLY-SIDE POLICY EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT AGE COHORT ASSETS BENCHMARK BINDING CHILD EDUCATION CHILD LABOR DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISCRIMINATION ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC STATUS ECONOMIC THEORY EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE EXPECTED UTILITY FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE STUDENTS FEMALE TEACHERS FIELD RESEARCH FUNCTIONAL FORMS FUTURE RESEARCH GENDER GAP GIRLS GROWTH RATE GROWTH THEORY HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR HOUSEHOLD DECISIONS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SCHOOLING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INTEREST RATE INTERVENTIONS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION LABOR MARKET LET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION Sawada, Yasayuki Lokshin, Michael Household Schooling Decisions in Rural Pakistan |
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Human capital investments in Pakistan
are performing poorly; school enrollment is low, the high
school dropout rate is high, and there is a definite gender
gap in education. The authors conducted field surveys in 25
Pakistani villages and integrated their field observations,
economic theory, and econometric analysis to investigate the
sequential nature of education decisions--because current
outcomes depend not only on current decisions but also on
past decisions. Their full-information maximum likelihood
estimate of the sequential schooling decision model reveals
important dynamics affecting the gender gap in education,
the effects of transitory income and wealth, and
intrahousehold resource allocation patterns. They find,
among other things, that in rural Pakistan: 1) There is a
high educational retention rate, conditional on school
entry, and that male and female schooling progression rates
become comparable at higher levels of education. 2) A
household's human and physical assets and changes in
its income significantly affect children's education
patterns. Birth order affects siblings' competition for
resources. 3) Serious supply-side constraints on village
girls' primary education suggest the importance of
supply-side policy interventions in Pakistan's rural
primary education--for example, providing more girls'
primary schools close to villages and employing more female teachers. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Sawada, Yasayuki Lokshin, Michael |
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Sawada, Yasayuki Lokshin, Michael |
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Sawada, Yasayuki |
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Household Schooling Decisions in Rural Pakistan |
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Household Schooling Decisions in Rural Pakistan |
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Household Schooling Decisions in Rural Pakistan |
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Household Schooling Decisions in Rural Pakistan |
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Household Schooling Decisions in Rural Pakistan |
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household schooling decisions in rural pakistan |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1000494/household-schooling-decisions-rural-pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15745 |
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