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School Participation in Rural India
Author(s) -
Drèze Jean,
Kingdon Geeta Gandhi
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
review of development economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1467-9361
pISSN - 1363-6669
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9361.00103
Subject(s) - work (physics) , quality (philosophy) , dependency (uml) , economic growth , socioeconomics , demographic economics , school meal , geography , sociology , economics , mechanical engineering , philosophy , systems engineering , epistemology , engineering
This paper presents an analysis of the determinants of school participation in rural north India, based on a recent household survey which includes detailed information on school characteristics. School participation, especially among girls, responds to a wide range of variables, including parental education and motivation, social background, dependency ratios, work opportunities, village development, teacher postings, mid‐day meals and infrastructural quality. Mid‐day meals are particularly effective: the provision of a mid‐day meal in the local school roughly halves the proportion of girls excluded from the schooling system. School quality matters, though it is not related in a simple way to specific inputs.