The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War

Very few studies currently exist on the long-term impacts of schooling policies in developing countries. This paper examines the impacts -- half a century later -- of a mass education program conducted by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the o...

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Main Authors:	Dang, Hai-Anh H., Hoang, Trung X., Nguyen, Ha
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	EDUCATION LITERACY DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCE LONG-TERM IMPACT WAR SCHOOL POLICY MASS EDUCATION GENDER INTER-GENERATIONAL IMPACT LIVING STANDARDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/442851529499024711/The-long-run-and-gender-equalizing-impacts-of-school-access-evidence-from-the-first-Indochina-war http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29933

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spelling	okr-10986-299332021-06-08T14:42:46Z The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War Dang, Hai-Anh H. Hoang, Trung X. Nguyen, Ha EDUCATION LITERACY DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCE LONG-TERM IMPACT WAR SCHOOL POLICY MASS EDUCATION GENDER INTER-GENERATIONAL IMPACT LIVING STANDARDS Very few studies currently exist on the long-term impacts of schooling policies in developing countries. This paper examines the impacts -- half a century later -- of a mass education program conducted by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the occupied areas during the First Indochina War. Difference-in-difference estimation results suggest that school-age children who were exposed to the program obtained significantly higher levels of education than their peers who were residing in French-occupied areas. The impacts are statistically significant for school-age girls and not for school-age boys. The analysis finds beneficial spillover and inter-generational impacts of education: affected girls enjoyed higher household living standards, had more educated spouses, and raised more educated children. The paper discusses various robustness checks and extensions that support these findings. 2018-06-27T21:42:08Z 2018-06-27T21:42:08Z 2018-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/442851529499024711/The-long-run-and-gender-equalizing-impacts-of-school-access-evidence-from-the-first-Indochina-war http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29933 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8480 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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spellingShingle	EDUCATION LITERACY DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCE LONG-TERM IMPACT WAR SCHOOL POLICY MASS EDUCATION GENDER INTER-GENERATIONAL IMPACT LIVING STANDARDS Dang, Hai-Anh H. Hoang, Trung X. Nguyen, Ha The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War
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description	Very few studies currently exist on the long-term impacts of schooling policies in developing countries. This paper examines the impacts -- half a century later -- of a mass education program conducted by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the occupied areas during the First Indochina War. Difference-in-difference estimation results suggest that school-age children who were exposed to the program obtained significantly higher levels of education than their peers who were residing in French-occupied areas. The impacts are statistically significant for school-age girls and not for school-age boys. The analysis finds beneficial spillover and inter-generational impacts of education: affected girls enjoyed higher household living standards, had more educated spouses, and raised more educated children. The paper discusses various robustness checks and extensions that support these findings.
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author	Dang, Hai-Anh H. Hoang, Trung X. Nguyen, Ha
author_facet	Dang, Hai-Anh H. Hoang, Trung X. Nguyen, Ha
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title	The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War
title_short	The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War
title_full	The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War
title_fullStr	The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War
title_full_unstemmed	The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War
title_sort	long-run and gender-equalizing impacts of school access : evidence from the first indochina war
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/442851529499024711/The-long-run-and-gender-equalizing-impacts-of-school-access-evidence-from-the-first-Indochina-war http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29933
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The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War

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