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School costs, short-run participation, and long-run outcomes : evidence from Kenya (English)

Access to school has risen dramatically in recent decades, with large gains from reducing costs. Few studies report long-term impacts, however. This paper reports the impact of an educational intervention that reduced out-of-pocket schooling costs for children in poor communities in Kenya by providing school uniforms. The program used a lottery to determine who would receive a school uniform. Receiving a uniform reduced school absenteeism by 37 percent...
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Evans,David; Ngatia,Irene Muthoni.

School costs, short-run participation, and long-run outcomes : evidence from Kenya (English). Impact Evaluation series|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8421 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/719431525101982154

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