Econ Papers Daily / 期刊论文
学校建设与代际人力资本
School Construction and Intergenerational Human Capital
摘要
This paper estimates the direct and intergenerational effects of one of the world’s largest school expansion policies. Starting in 1993-94, the District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) constructed over 100,000 new schools and served over 50 million children in India. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design I show that the policy increased enrollment, literacy and years of education for both male and female direct beneficiaries. Further, I find that children whose mothers were DPEP beneficiaries had higher scores on vernacular (18 percent), math (13 percent), and English (15 percent) tests, while Father’s DPEP exposure had no effect on children’s learning.
中文摘要
本文评估了全球规模最大的学校扩张政策之一的直接效应与代际效应。自1993-94年起，地区初等教育计划（DPEP）在印度新建了超过10万所学校，惠及逾5000万儿童。利用模糊断点回归设计，我发现该政策提高了直接受益男性和女性的入学率、识字率及受教育年限。此外，研究显示，母亲为DPEP受益者的儿童在方言（18%）、数学（13%）和英语（15%）测试中得分更高，而父亲接触DPEP对儿童学习无显著影响。