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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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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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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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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Dang, Hai-Anh H. Hoang, Trung X. Nguyen, Ha |
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Dang, Hai-Anh H. Hoang, Trung X. Nguyen, Ha |
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Dang, Hai-Anh H. |
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The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War |
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The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War |
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The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War |
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The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War |
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The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War |
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long-run and gender-equalizing impacts of school access : evidence from the first indochina war |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2018 |
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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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