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School Uniforms, Short-Run Participation, and Long-Run Outcomes: Evidence from Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorNgatia, MÅ©thoni
dc.contributor.authorEvans, David K.
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-09T20:39:28Z
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dc.date.issued2020-02-24
dc.description.abstractIn recent decades, the number of evaluated interventions to improve access to school has multiplied, but few studies report long-term impacts. This paper reports the impact of an educational intervention that provided school uniforms to children in poor communities in Kenya. The program used a lottery to determine who would receive a school uniform. Receiving a uniform reduced school absenteeism by 37 percent for the average student (7 percentage points) and by 55 percent for children who initially had no uniform (15 percentage points). Eight years after the program began, there is no evidence of sustained impact of the program on highest grade completed or primary school completion rates. A bounding exercise suggests no substantive positive, long-term impacts. These results contribute to a small literature on the long-run impacts of educational interventions and demonstrate the risk of initial impacts depreciating over time.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40865
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X online
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770 print
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40865
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATION COST REDUCTION
dc.subjectSCHOOL UNIFORMS
dc.subjectLONG-TERM IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION
dc.subjectSCHOOL UNIFORMS AND SELF-ESTEEM
dc.subjectSCHOOL ATTRITION
dc.subjectQUALITY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSDG 4
dc.titleSchool Uniforms, Short-Run Participation, and Long-Run Outcomesen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Kenyaen
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://academic.oup.com/wber/article/35/3/705/5754023 Journal website (version of record)
okr.crossref.titleSchool Uniforms, Short-Run Participation, and Long-Run Outcomes: Evidence from Kenya
okr.date.disclosure2020-02-24
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhaa004
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40865
okr.journal.nbpages705–719
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryKenya
okr.topicEducation::Education Violence and Social Cohesion
okr.topicEducation::Education and Society
okr.topicEducation::Educational Policy and Planning
okr.volume35 (3)
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