The Medium-Term Effects of Scholarships in a Low-Income Country

Despite progress in recent decades, a substantial fraction of children in developing countries attain little schooling, and many adults lack skills that are valued in the labor market. We evaluate the medium-term effects of a program that provided scholarships for three years to poor children upon g...

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Main Authors:	Filmer, Deon, Schady, Norbert
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	University of Wisconsin Press 2022
Subjects:	LOW INCOME COUNTRY SCHOLARSHIP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37068

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spelling	okr-10986-370682022-03-04T05:10:46Z The Medium-Term Effects of Scholarships in a Low-Income Country Filmer, Deon Schady, Norbert LOW INCOME COUNTRY SCHOLARSHIP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT Despite progress in recent decades, a substantial fraction of children in developing countries attain little schooling, and many adults lack skills that are valued in the labor market. We evaluate the medium-term effects of a program that provided scholarships for three years to poor children upon graduation from elementary school in Cambodia, a low-income country. To do this we use a sharp regression discontinuity design. We show that scholarships have substantial effects on school attainment. By the time children would have been in grade 11 had they remained in school, two years after they stopped being eligible for scholarships, those who were offered scholarships have attained 0.6 more grades of completed schooling. Nevertheless, we find no evidence that scholarships had significant effects on test scores, employment, earnings, or the probability of getting married or having a child in adolescence. 2022-03-03T10:35:30Z 2022-03-03T10:35:30Z 2014-09 Journal Article Journal of Human Resources 0022-166X 1548-8004 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37068 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank University of Wisconsin Press Journal Article Asia Cambodia
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description	Despite progress in recent decades, a substantial fraction of children in developing countries attain little schooling, and many adults lack skills that are valued in the labor market. We evaluate the medium-term effects of a program that provided scholarships for three years to poor children upon graduation from elementary school in Cambodia, a low-income country. To do this we use a sharp regression discontinuity design. We show that scholarships have substantial effects on school attainment. By the time children would have been in grade 11 had they remained in school, two years after they stopped being eligible for scholarships, those who were offered scholarships have attained 0.6 more grades of completed schooling. Nevertheless, we find no evidence that scholarships had significant effects on test scores, employment, earnings, or the probability of getting married or having a child in adolescence.
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The Medium-Term Effects of Scholarships in a Low-Income Country

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