Do Slum Upgrading Programs Impact School Attendance?

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors:	Wladimir Zanoni
Language:	English
Published:	Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:	Slum Upgrading, School Attendance, Children, School Absenteeism, Educational Institution, Urban Planning, Impact Evaluation, B20 - History of Economic Thought since 1925: General, C54 - Quantitative Policy Modeling, D04 - Microeconomic Policy: Formulation Implementation and Evaluation, O18 - Urban Rural Regional and Transportation Analysis • Housing • Infrastructure, Slum Upgrading;school absences;regression discontinuity,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003710 https://publications.iadb.org/en/do-slum-upgrading-programs-impact-school-attendance
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