Rodriguez Lesmes, PaulTrujillo, Jose DanielValderrama, Daniel2015-11-042015-11-042015-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22852This paper analyzes the relation between public, education-related infrastructure and the quality of education in schools. The analysis uses a case study of the establishment of two large, high-quality public libraries in low-income areas in Bogotá, Colombia. It assesses the impact of these libraries on the quality of education by comparing national test scores (SABER 11) for schools close to and far from the libraries before (2000–02) and after (2003–08) the libraries were opened. The paper introduces a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition on difference-in-differences estimates to assess whether variation of traditional determinants of mathematics, verbal, and science test scores explains the estimates. The analysis finds differences that are not statistically different from zero that could be attributed to the establishment of the libraries. These results are robust to alternative specifications, a synthetic control approach, and an alternative measure of distance.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOSKILLSEVALUATION OF EDUCATIONTEACHING FORCEPUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLSEDUCATIONAL RESEARCHCOLLEGEMALE STUDENTSITSTEACHERSEDUCATIONAL RESOURCESSCHOOL LIBRARY SERVICESNUMBER OF SCHOOLSSTUDENT-TEACHER RATIOTUITIONMALE STUDENTSCHOOL DAYEDUCATION OUTCOMESPUPIL RATIOHIGHER EDUCATIONSUBJECT AREASHIGH ACHIEVEMENTPAPERSLEARNING MATERIALSEDUCATION QUALITYADULTSOPEN ACCESSEDUCATIONAL POLICYLITERACYTEXTBOOKSTEACHER-PUPIL RATIOKNOWLEDGEEDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCECRITICAL THINKINGSCHOOL CALENDARSLEARNING MATERIALQUALITY OF EDUCATIONTRAININGPUPIL-TEACHER RATIOTESTSPRIVATE SCHOOLSGRADUATEACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTECONOMICS OF EDUCATIONEDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTSCHOOL PROGRAMSPEDAGOGYLETSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTEDUCATIONAL INPUTSLEARNINGEDUCATION SYSTEMRESEARCHSCHOOL QUALITYJOB TRAININGTEACHINGTEST SCORESSCHOOL LEVELTESTINGGRADUATE STUDIESACCESS TO INFORMATIONLIBRARIESPRIMARY SCHOOLSREADINGSCHOOL SIZEHUMAN CAPITALSPORTSDROPOUT RATESSTUDYCOMPUTERS IN SCHOOLSACADEMIC PERFORMANCESTUDIESTEACHER EDUCATIONLIBRARSCIENCETUITION FEESSOFTWAREVALUESSTUDENTSCHOOLSSCHOOL LIBRARYSTUDENT PERFORMANCEMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONACHIEVEMENTEDUCATION LEVELLITERATUREEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSEDUCATIONAL SERVICESSCHOOL COUNCILSWORKSHOPSSCHOOL LIBRARIESPHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTUREQUALITY OF LIFETEACHEREDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESCALLFEMALE STUDENTSCOLLEGE STUDENTSTEACHER RATIOLEVEL OF EDUCATIONQUALITY EDUCATIONCOMPUTERS IN EDUCATIONEDUCATIONSCHOOL PERFORMANCESTATISTICSPRIVATE INSTITUTIONSHUMAN RESOURCESTYPES OF EDUCATIONFACILITIESPUBLIC SCHOOLPUBLIC SCHOOLSSTUDENTSLIVING CONDITIONSPRIMARY LEVELSCHOOL EDUCATIONTEACHER-STUDENT RATIONUMBER OF STUDENTSFEESPRIMARY EDUCATIONTEACHER QUALITYFREE TEXTBOOKSLABOR MARKETSCLASSROOMSSCHOOLEDUCATION DATASCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURESECONDARY EDUCATIONGRADUATE STUDENTSSTUDENT LEARNINGACADEMIC YEARUNIVERSITIESACADEMIC RESULTSWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-7429