Essays about: "Universal Primary Education Program"

Found 2 essays containing the words Universal Primary Education Program.

1. 1. Universal Primary Education Program and Educational Outcomes in Rwanda

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Alexandre Nshunguyinka; [2016-10-05]
   Keywords : Universal Primary Education Program; Primary school attendance; Primary school completion; Delayed enrollment; Rwanda;

   Abstract : To evaluate the impact of the” Universal Primary Education” (UPE) policy on primary schooling outcomes in Rwanda, which was adopted in 2003 and consists of free school fees to enroll in primary education, I merge two cross-sectional surveys, being EICV 2000/01 and EICV 2005/06 collected before and after the onset of the UPE respectively. The identification strategy uses linear probability model for completion and attendance in primary education with age and region fixed effect and also with a combination of the use of interaction terms regression. READ MORE

3. 2. Does Primary Education Affect Intimate Partner Violence Against Women? Evidence from Malawi

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Sara Abrahamsson; [2016-09-08]
   Keywords : Intimate partner violence; attitudes; education; Universal Primary Education Reform; natural experiment; Malawi;

   Abstract : This paper studies the causal effect of educational attainment on the experience of intimate partner violence and attitudes toward intimate partner violence in Malawi. Using data from the Demographic Health Survey, this paper takes advantage of the implementation of the Universal Primary education reform in Malawi in 1994 as a natural experiment. READ MORE