Applied Micro Seminar : Every Tuesday
Time: 12:15 pm – 13:30 pm
Date: 25th of March
Room : 3001

Natalie BAU (UCLA University) – “The Long-Term Effects of School Quality in Low-Income Countries: Evidence From 15 Years of Data”

Abstract :

“Using rich data following children over 15 years in Pakistani villages, we provide the first causal estimates of the effects of attending a better primary school on children’s long-term outcomes in a low-income setting. Exploiting panel test score data, which allow us to estimate and validate value-added measures of school quality, in combination with variation generated by moves across schools, we show that on average being exposed to a 1 sd better school increases adult test scores by 0.2 sd, total years of schooling by nearly 1 year, the likelihood of still studying as a young adult by 5 percentage points, of graduating high school by 10 ppt, and college enrollment by 5 ppt. Hence, the effects of attending a better primary school do not fadeout by adulthood. A Mincerian exercise suggests that moving the children from the worst school to the best school in a village would generate present discounted wage gains of 280,000 USD for the average village”

Organizers:
Benoît SCHMUTZ (Pôle économie du CREST)
Clément MALGOUYRES (Pôle économie du CREST)

Sponsors:
CREST