Effective Investment in Women’s Futures: Schooling with Learning
This study uses comparable data sets which contain measures of schooling, literacy, and life outcomes for more than 50 countries
Abstract
Using two different cross-nationally comparable data sets which contain measures of schooling, assessments of literacy, and life outcomes for more than 50 countries, this paper shows that the association of women’s education, defined as schooling and the acquisition of literacy, with four life outcomes (fertility, child mortality, empowerment, and financial practices) is much larger than the standard estimates of the gains from schooling alone.
This research is part of the Research on Improving Systems of Education programme.
Citation
Kaffenberger, M. and Pritchett, L. 2021. Effective Investment in Women’s Futures: Schooling with Learning. International Journal of Educational Development. Volume 86, 102464, ISSN 0738-0593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102464
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