Toilets for education: Evidence from Kenya’s primary school-level data

Hyoungjong Kim and Dong-Eun Rhee

International Journal of Educational Development, 2019, vol. 70, issue C, -

Abstract: This study empirically examines the effects of school toilet provision on the primary-school attendance rate in Kenya. Using over 4200 school-level observations between 2013 and 2015, the results consistently show that an increase in the school toilet availability per student significantly raises the primary school attendance rate among both boys and girls. Moreover, the effects are larger for girls than for boys, and especially for pubescent girls. The results suggest that the provision of school toilets is critical to reduce the gender education gap in developing countries, as well as to improve overall school attendance.

Keywords: Education; Health; Gender inequality; Education inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H75 I21 I25 I28 J16 O15 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2019.102090

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