The Impact of Secondary Schooling in Kenya

This paper estimates the impacts of secondary school on human capital, occupational choice, and fertility for young adults in Kenya. The probability of admission to government secondary school rises sharply at a score close to the national mean on a standardized 8th grade examination, permitting the estimation of causal effects of schooling in a regression discontinuity framework. The analysis combines administrative test score data with a recent survey of young adults to estimate these impacts. The results show that secondary schooling increases human capital, as measured by performance on cognitive tests included in the survey. For men, there is a drop in the probability of low-skill self-employment, as well as suggestive evidence of a rise in the probability of formal employment. The opportunity to attend secondary school also reduces teen pregnancy among women.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Ozier, Owen
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-08
Subjects:	SKILLS, FEMALE EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION, BASIC EDUCATION, OLDER MEN, TEACHERS, EDUCATION OFFICES, NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, SPOUSE, SCHOOLING, FIRST CHILD, SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION, DISTRICT EDUCATION, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, POLICY CHANGE, EDUCATION POLICY, HIGH SCHOOL, PUBLIC SERVICES, TEEN, GENDER PARITY, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, ADULTS, LITERACY, EXAMINATION, TEXTBOOKS, LABOR MARKET, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, COGNITIVE TEST, PREGNANCIES, EDUCATION INVESTMENTS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, RATES OF POPULATION, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, POPULATION GROWTH, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SECONDARY SCHOOL, EDUCATED PARENTS, NATURAL DISASTERS, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, DISASTERS, TEENS, LEARNING, EDUCATION SYSTEM, MARRIAGE, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOL COMPLETION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY EDUCATION POLICY, AVERAGE SCHOOLING, RESPECT, HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION, PARENTS’ EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PROGRESS, PUBLISHERS, SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, INFANT, HUMAN CAPITAL, YOUNG MEN, NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, YOUNG ADULTS, POLICIES, SCHOOL FEES, LOW-INCOME COUNTRY, VALUES, HIV, SCHOOLS, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, SCHOOL ENTRY, LEARNING OUTCOMES, URBAN CENTERS, FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION, SCHOOL LEADERS, CLASS SIZE, GRADE REPETITION, SECONDARY SCHOOLING, POPULATIONS, IMPACT OF EDUCATION, MOTHER, CHILDBEARING, INFANT HEALTH, POLICY, SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, SEX, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, EDUCATION, WAR, RURAL AREAS, YOUNG WOMEN, PRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEM, CLASS-SIZE, TEEN PREGNANCY, POPULATION, CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, STUDENTS, POLICY RESEARCH, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, FERTILITY, FEES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PREGNANCY BY AGE, WOMEN, NATIONAL SCHOOLS, LABOR MARKETS, EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, SCHOOL, EARLY MARRIAGE, SECONDARY EDUCATION, FIRST BIRTHS, PREGNANCY, ACADEMIC YEAR, FEMALE SCHOOLING, EFFECTS OF EDUCATION, PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, GIRLS’ SCHOOLS, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, RETURNS TO EDUCATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24879182/impact-secondary-schooling-kenya-regression-discontinuity-analysis https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22442
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