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Access to Preprimary Education and Progression in Primary School: Evidence from Rural Guatemala

SSRN Electronic Journal
2012
  • 3
    Citations
  • 845
    Usage
  • 1
    Captures
  • 0
    Mentions
  • 0
    Social Media
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Metrics Details

  • Citations
    3
    • Citation Indexes
      2
    • Policy Citations
      1
      • Policy Citation
        1
  • Usage
    845
    • Abstract Views
      774
    • Downloads
      71
  • Captures
    1
  • Ratings
    • Download Rank
      665,123

Article Description

Evidence on the impacts of a large-scale expansion in public preprimary education is limited and mostly circumscribed to high and middle-income countries. This paper estimates the effects of such an expansion on progression in primary school in rural communities of Guatemala. Combining administrative and population census data in a difference-in-difference framework, the paper examines a large-scale construction program that increased the number of preprimaries from around 5,300 to 11,500 between 1998 and 2005. The results indicate that the program increased by 2. 1 percentage points the fraction of students that progress adequately and attend sixth grade by age 12. These positive effects are heavily concentrated among girls.

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