Notícias NOVAFRICA: Novo artigo aceite para publicação na Revista de Economia e Estatística

Parabéns ao professor da NOVAFRICA Nova School of Business and Economics Wayne Sandholtz and to João R. Ferreira pelo seu trabalho em

“Sibling Spillovers and Free Schooling”

Resumo:

We use administrative data to measure sibling spillovers on academic performance before and after the introduction of Free Secondary Education (FSE) in Tanzania. Prior to FSE, students whose older siblings narrowly passed the secondary school entrance exam were less likely to go to secondary school themselves; with FSE, the effect became positive. A triple-differences analysis, using geographic variation in FSE exposure, shows that FSE caused the reversal. Mechanism analyses suggest that changes in parental investments were a more likely channel for this reversal than direct sibling interactions. By alleviating financial constraints, FSE allowed households to distribute educational investments more equitably rather than concentrating resources on high-performing children.

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