School Participation in Rural India

Jean Drèze and Geeta Kingdon

Review of Development Economics, 2001, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-24

Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of the determinants of school participation in rural north India, based on a recent household survey which includes detailed information on school characteristics. School participation, especially among girls, responds to a wide range of variables, including parental education and motivation, social background, dependency ratios, work opportunities, village development, teacher postings, mid‐day meals and infrastructural quality. Mid‐day meals are particularly effective: the provision of a mid‐day meal in the local school roughly halves the proportion of girls excluded from the schooling system. School quality matters, though it is not related in a simple way to specific inputs.

Date: 2001
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Working Paper: School Participation in Rural India (1999)
Working Paper: School Participation in Rural India (1999)
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