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Long-term impact of investments in early schooling — Empirical evidence from rural Ethiopia

Abstract: We examine the cumulative impact of early schooling investments on later schooling outcomes using enrollment status and relative grade attainment as short-run and long-run measures of schooling. Using a child-level longitudinal data set from rural Ethiopia, we estimate a dynamic conditiona...

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Published in:Journal of Development Economics Vol. 99; no. 2; pp. 292 - 300
Main Authors: Mani, Subha, Hoddinott, John, Strauss, John
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. Nov2012
Subjects:
Ethiopia
Economic impact
Investments
Early childhood education
Longitudinal method
Demand function
Economic efficiency
Data analysis
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