The Effects of 'Girl-Friendly' Schools: Evidence from the Bright School Construction Program in Burkina Faso
The Effects of 'Girl-Friendly' Schools: Evidence from the Bright School Construction Program in Burkina Faso
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“女子友好”学校的影响：来自布基纳法索光明学校建设计划的证据
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2012
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M. Sloan
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H. Kazianga;Daniel Levy;Leigh L. Linden;M. Sloan
我们评估的因果关系的一个程序，在布基纳法索建设高质量的“女孩友好”的小学，使用回归不连续设计2.5年后，该计划开始。我们发现，该计划将所有5至12岁儿童的入学率提高了20个百分点，并将他们的考试成绩提高了0.45个标准差。该计划导致上学的儿童的考试成绩变化为2.2个标准差。我们还发现，该方案对女孩特别有效，她们的入学率比男孩高出5个百分点，尽管这并没有转化为对考试成绩的差异影响。从新学校的独特特征中分离出学校准入的影响，我们发现，独特的特征导致入学率增加13个百分点，考试成绩增加0.35个标准差，而仅仅提供一所学校，入学率增加26.5个百分点，考试成绩增加0.323个标准差。学校的独特性是造成男女待遇差异的全部原因。
We evaluate the causal effects of a program that constructed high quality "girl-friendly" primary schools in Burkina Faso, using a regression discontinuity design 2.5 years after the program started. We find that the program increased enrollment of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 by 20 percentage points and increased their test scores by 0.45 standard deviations. The change in test scores for those children caused to attend school by the program is 2.2 standard deviations. We also find that the program was particularly effective for girls, increasing their enrollment rate by 5 percentage points more than boys', although this did not translate into a differential effect on test scores. Disentangling the effects of school access from the unique characteristics of the new schools, we find that the unique characteristics were responsible for a 13 percentage point increase in enrollment and 0.35 standard deviations in test scores, while simply providing a school increased enrollment by 26.5 percentage points and test scores by 0.323 standard deviations. The unique characteristics of the school account for the entire difference in the treatment effect by gender.