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School Inputs, Household Substitution, and Test Scores

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dc.contributor.authorDercon, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorDas, Jishnu
dc.contributor.authorHabyarimana, James
dc.contributor.authorKrishnan, Pramila
dc.contributor.authorMuralidharan, Karthik
dc.contributor.authorSundararaman, Venkatesh
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-21T16:13:12Z
dc.date.available2014-04-21T16:13:12Z
dc.date.issued2013-04
dc.description.abstractEmpirical studies of the relationship between school inputs and test scores typically do not account for household responses to changes in school inputs. Evidence from India and Zambia shows that student test scores are higher when schools receive unanticipated grants, but there is no impact of grants that are anticipated. We show that the most likely mechanism for this result is that households offset their own spending in response to anticipated grants. Our results confirm the importance of optimal household responses and suggest caution when interpreting estimates of school inputs on learning outcomes as parameters of an education production function.en
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/17921
dc.identifier.issn1945-7782
dc.identifier.other10.1257/app.5.2.29
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/17921
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Economic Association
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderAmerican Economic Association
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectconsumer economics
dc.subjectempirical analysis
dc.subjectnational government expenditures
dc.subjecteducation expenditures
dc.subjectanalysis of education
dc.subjecthuman resources
dc.subjecthuman development
dc.subjectincome distribution
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.titleSchool Inputs, Household Substitution, and Test Scoresen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.date.disclosure2014-03-18
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-06T10:54:04.902920Z
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.identifier.doi10.1257/app.5.2.29
okr.journal.nbpages29-57
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.region.countryZambia
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1257/app.5.2.29
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/app.5.2.29
okr.relation.associatedurlhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/3395
okr.sectorPublications & Research :: Journal Article
okr.topicEducation::Education Finance
okr.topicEducation::Education Indicators and Statistics
okr.topicEducation::Educational Policy and Planning
okr.topicGovernance::National Governance
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Policy, Institutions and Governance
okr.volume5(2)
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