Pathways to progress: The complementarity of bicycles and road infrastructure for girls’ education

Moritz Seebacher

Economics of Education Review, 2023, vol. 97, issue C

Abstract: In which settings can bicycles help to improve girls’ education in low-income countries? This paper analyzes the complementarity between all-weather roads and a bicycle program in India aimed at increasing girls’ secondary school enrollment. Using a triple-difference strategy, I find that the program benefits girls living 3–10 km away from schools with all-weather road connections, increasing their enrollment by 60 percent and reducing the gender enrollment gap by 51 percent. There are no effects for girls in villages without all-weather roads or girls living more than 10 km from school. The findings emphasize the importance and interdependence of road infrastructure, mode of transport, and distance to school for improving girls’ education in India.

Keywords: Roads; Bicycles; Infrastructure; Girls’ education; Gender education gap; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H42 I21 I28 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102483

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