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Access to Education

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Access to Education

Across the world, women and girls face barriers to attending school, including limited access to resources, safety concerns, social mores, and non-school related responsibilities. Find tools and practices that have worked (failed) around the world to ensure girls’ access to education.

Subsidizing Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Trial

Vocational training programs increase young women’s actual wages and opportunities for paid employment in the formal sector.

Orazio Attanasio, Adriana Kugler, Costas Meghir (2011)

Menstruation, Sanitary Products, and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

Providing adolescent girls with access to menstrual cups in Nepal did not increase their school attendance or performance.

Emily Oster, Rebecca Thornton (2011)

Incentives to Learn

Among girls In Kenyan primary schools, merit-based scholarships are a cost-effective way to raise student test scores, improve attendance, and encourage a lasting commitment to education.

Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel, Rebecca Thornton (2009)

Gender and Performance: Evidence from School Assignment by Randomized Lottery

School choice programs lead to greater improvements in test scores for white females than other groups.

Justine S. Hastings, Thomas J. Kane, Douglas O. Staiger (2006)

Anemia and School Participation

A school-based health program delivering iron supplementation and deworming medication increased girls’ school attendance.

Gustavo J. Bobonis, Edward Miguel, Charu Puri-Sharma (2006)

Topic Overview

Access to Education

Menstruation, Sanitary Products, and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

Providing adolescent girls with access to menstrual cups in Nepal did not increase their school attendance or performance.

Emily Oster, Rebecca Thornton (2011)

Gender and Performance: Evidence from School Assignment by Randomized Lottery

School choice programs lead to greater improvements in test scores for white females than other groups.

Justine S. Hastings, Thomas J. Kane, Douglas O. Staiger (2006)

Subsidizing Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Trial

Vocational training programs increase young women’s actual wages and opportunities for paid employment in the formal sector.

Orazio Attanasio, Adriana Kugler, Costas Meghir (2011)

Incentives to Learn

Among girls In Kenyan primary schools, merit-based scholarships are a cost-effective way to raise student test scores, improve attendance, and encourage a lasting commitment to education.

Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel, Rebecca Thornton (2009)

Anemia and School Participation

A school-based health program delivering iron supplementation and deworming medication increased girls’ school attendance.

Gustavo J. Bobonis, Edward Miguel, Charu Puri-Sharma (2006)

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