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What Did You Do All Day? Maternal Education and Child Outcomes

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dc.contributor.authorAndrabi, Tahir
dc.contributor.authorDas, Jishnu
dc.contributor.authorKhwaja, Asim Ijaz
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T19:14:15Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T19:14:15Z
dc.date.issued2009-11-01
dc.description.abstractFemale education levels are very low in many developing countries. Does maternal education have a causal impact on children's educational outcomes even at these very low levels of education? By combining a nationwide census of schools in Pakistan with household data, the authors use the availability of girls' schools in the mother's birth village as an instrument for maternal schooling to address this issue. Since public schools in Pakistan are segregated by gender, the instrument affects only maternal education rather than the education levels of both mothers and fathers. The analysis finds that children of mothers with some education spend 75 minutes more on educational activities at home compared with children whose mothers report no education at all. Mothers with some education also spend more time helping their children with school work; the effect is stronger (an extra 40 minutes per day) in families where the mother is likely the primary care-giver. Finally, test scores for children whose mothers have some education are higher in English, Urdu (the vernacular), and mathematics by 0.24-0.35 standard deviations. There is no relationship between maternal education and mother s time spent on paid work or housework - a posited channel through which education affects bargaining power within the household. And there is no relationship between maternal education and the mother's role in educational decisions or in the provision of other child-specific goods, such as expenditures on pocket money, uniforms, and tuition. The data therefore suggest that at these very low levels of education, maternal education does not substantially affect a mother's bargaining power within the household. Instead, maternal education could directly increase the mother's productivity or affect her preferences toward children s education in a context where her bargaining power is low.en
dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091130161421
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5143
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4336
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPaper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP),Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5143
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABSENTEEISM
dc.subjectACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectACCESS TO SCHOOLING
dc.subjectADOLESCENTS
dc.subjectAVAILABILITY OF SCHOOLS
dc.subjectBENEFITS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectBOYS SCHOOLS
dc.subjectCHILD CARE
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR
dc.subjectCHILD LABOUR
dc.subjectCHILD SURVIVAL
dc.subjectCHILDCARE
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE OUTCOMES
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE EDUCATION
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectEDUCATED MOTHERS
dc.subjectEDUCATED WOMEN
dc.subjectEDUCATION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectEDUCATION FOR WOMEN
dc.subjectEDUCATION STATISTICS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL LEVELS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL NEEDS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subjectEFFECTS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectFEMALE EDUCATION
dc.subjectFEMALE EMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectLEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subjectLEARNING ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectLEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subjectLEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLOW LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectMATERNAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectMATHEMATICS
dc.subjectNATIONAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectOLDER CHILDREN
dc.subjectOUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN
dc.subjectPARENTAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY DATA
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY GRADE
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL-GOING AGE
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOLING
dc.subjectPRIMARY-SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRIVATE SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRIVATE SCHOOLING
dc.subjectPRIVATE SCHOOLS
dc.subjectPUBLIC SCHOOL
dc.subjectPUBLIC SCHOOLING
dc.subjectPUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subjectREADING
dc.subjectRESOURCE CENTER
dc.subjectRETURN TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSCHOOL AGE
dc.subjectSCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
dc.subjectSCHOOL CHILDREN
dc.subjectSCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectSCHOOL COVERAGE
dc.subjectSCHOOL DAY
dc.subjectSCHOOL DROPOUTS
dc.subjectSCHOOL ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectSCHOOL FEES
dc.subjectSCHOOL GOING
dc.subjectSCHOOL HOURS
dc.subjectSCHOOL PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSCHOOLS FOR GIRLS
dc.subjectTEACHER
dc.subjectTEACHERS
dc.subjectTEACHING
dc.subjectTUITION
dc.subjectVILLAGE LEVEL
dc.titleWhat Did You Do All Day? Maternal Education and Child Outcomesen
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okr.crossref.titleWhat Did You Do All Day ? Maternal Education And Child Outcomes
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:59:02.247604Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
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okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5143
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20091130161421
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okr.identifier.reportWPS5143
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryPakistan
okr.region.geographicalSouth Asia
okr.region.geographicalAsia
okr.sectorEducation :: General education sector
okr.themeHuman development :: Education for all
okr.topicGovernance::Youth and Governance
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicEducation::Access & Equity in Basic Education
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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