The impact of secondary schooling in Kenya : a regression discontinuity analysis (English)

This paper estimates the impacts of secondary school on human capital, occupational choice, and fertility for young adults in Kenya. The probability of admission to government secondary school rises sharply at a score close to the national mean on a standardized 8th grade examination, permitting the estimation of causal effects of schooling in a regression discontinuity framework. The analysis combines administrative test score data with a recent...

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Ozier,Owen;
Document Date
2015/08/06
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7384
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Kenya,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2015/08/06
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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The impact of secondary schooling in Kenya : a regression discontinuity analysis
Keywords
test score

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Ozier,Owen.

The impact of secondary schooling in Kenya : a regression discontinuity analysis (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7384 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/700151467997577920

The impact of secondary schooling in Kenya : a regression discontinuity analysis (English)

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