Impact of the right to education on school enrolment of children with disabilities: Evidence from India

Vinitha Varghese

No wp-2022-91, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: I evaluate the impact of the right to education from the passing of the Right to Education Act in India in 2009. This Act guaranteed free education to children aged 6-14 years, including children with disabilities. Given that the school participation deficit associated with disability is large, I provide results that are a relief to policy-makers. I use an event study estimation and an interrupted time series research design and find that the Right to Education Act led to a 60 per cent increase in schooling among children with disabilities within three years.

Keywords: People with disabilities; Children; Education; Enrolment; Schooling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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