Menstruation, Sanitary Products, and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation
Menstruation, Sanitary Products, and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation
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DOI：
10.1257/app.3.1.91
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Thornton, Rebecca
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作者：
Oster, Emily;Thornton, Rebecca
政策制定者将月经和缺乏卫生用品列为女孩上学的障碍。我们通过对尼泊尔女孩提供卫生用品的随机评估来评估这些说法。我们报告两个发现。首先，月经对上学的影响很小。我们估计，在180天的学年中，女孩总共缺课0.4天。第二，改善卫生技术对缩小这一（微小）差距没有影响。随机获得卫生用品的女孩在经期缺课的可能性并没有降低。我们可以拒绝（在1%的水平上）更好的月经产品缩小出勤率差距的说法。(JEL I21，J13，J16，O12）
Policy-makers have cited menstruation and lack of sanitary products as barriers to girls' schooling. We evaluate these claims using a randomized evaluation of sanitary products provision to girls in Nepal. We report two findings. First, menstruation has a very small impact on school attendance. We estimate that girls miss a total of 0.4 days in a 180 day school year Second, improved sanitary technology has no effect on reducing this (small) gap. Girls who randomly received sanitary products were no less likely to miss school during their period. We can reject (at the 1 percent level) the claim that better menstruation products close the attendance gap. (JEL I21, J13, J16, O12)