Do slum upgrading programs impact school attendance?

Arbeitspapier

This paper analyzes how slum upgrading programs impact elementary school childrens attendance in Uruguay. We take advantage of the eligibility rule that deems slums eligible for a SUP program if they have 40 or more dwelling units. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity estimator, we find that students exposed to SUPs are 17 percent less likely to be at the 90th percentile of the yearly count of school absences. That effect appears to be driven by how SUPs impact girls. These interventions have effects that last for more than five years after their implementation. We discuss some critical urban and education policy implications of our findings.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IDB Working Paper Series ; No. IDB-WP-1248

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Education and Economic Development ; Quantitative Policy Modeling ; Microeconomic Policy: Formulation, Implementation, and Evaluation ; Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
• Thema: Slum Upgrading ; school absences ; regression discontinuity

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Zanoni López, Wladimir ; Acevedo, Paloma ; Guerrero, Diego
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• (wo): Washington, DC
• (wann): 2021

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.18235/0003710
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/252349
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ