The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access: Evidence from the First Indochina War
- 1 October 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in Economic Development and Cultural Change
- Vol. 70 (1), 453-484
- https://doi.org/10.1086/711319
Abstract
Few studies exist on the long-term impacts of schooling policies in developing countries. We examine the impacts-half a century later-of a mass education program conducted by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during the First Indochina War (1946-54). Difference-in-differences estimates suggest that school-age children who were exposed to the program obtained significantly more education than their peers who were residing in French-occupied areas. Although we cannot reject the null hypothesis of equal impacts at standard significance levels, when estimated separately, the impacts are statistically significant for school-age girls and not for school-age boys. Various robustness checks support these findings.Keywords
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