Long-Term and Intergenerational Effects of Education : Evidence from School Construction in Indonesia (English)

This paper studies the long-term and intergenerational effects of the 1970s Indonesian school construction program, which was one of the largest ever conducted. Exploiting variation across birth cohorts and districts in the number of schools built suggests that education benefits for men and women persist 43 years after the program. Exposed men are more likely to be formal workers, work outside agriculture, and migrate. Men and women who were exposed...

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Akresh,Richard;

Halim,Daniel Zefanya;

Kleemans,Marieke;
Document Date
2021/03/02
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9559
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Indonesia,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2021/03/02
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Long-Term and Intergenerational Effects of Education : Evidence from School Construction in Indonesia
Keywords
school construction

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Akresh,Richard; Halim,Daniel Zefanya; Kleemans,Marieke.

Long-Term and Intergenerational Effects of Education : Evidence from School Construction in Indonesia (English). Impact Evaluation series|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9559 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/609331614697949242

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