Essays about: "Universal Primary Education Reform"

Found 2 essays containing the words Universal Primary Education Reform.

1. 1. The Effect of a Universal Primary Education Reform on Gender Attitudes in Uganda

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Emma Bergman Karlsson; Klara Holmer; [2023]
   Keywords : Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design; Two-Stage Least Squares; Gender Attitudes; Universal Primary Education; Uganda;

   Abstract : This thesis examines whether greater access to primary school education for girls and a decreased gender gap in primary school education affects gender attitudes, by studying a Universal Primary Education reform in Uganda that eliminated primary school fees. We conduct a Two-Stage Least Squares regression where we use exogenous variation in exposure to the reform as an instrumental variable to estimate the effect of educational attainment on gender attitudes. 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