Effective Investment in Women’s Futures: Schooling with Learning

This study uses comparable data sets which contain measures of schooling, literacy, and life outcomes for more than 50 countries

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
17 August 2021
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Education
Authors:
Kaffenberger, M., Pritchett, L.

Abstract

Using two different cross-nationally comparable data sets which contain measures of schooling, assessments of literacy, and life outcomes for more than 50 countries, this paper shows that the association of women’s education, defined as schooling and the acquisition of literacy, with four life outcomes (fertility, child mortality, empowerment, and financial practices) is much larger than the standard estimates of the gains from schooling alone.

This research is part of the Research on Improving Systems of Education programme.

Citation

Kaffenberger, M. and Pritchett, L. 2021. Effective Investment in Women’s Futures: Schooling with Learning. International Journal of Educational Development. Volume 86, 102464, ISSN 0738-0593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102464

Effective Investment in Women’s Futures: Schooling with Learning

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Published 17 August 2021
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