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What Criteria Should Policy-makers Use for Assisting Households with Educational Expenditure?

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  • M. Najeeb Shafiq

    (M. Najeeb Shafiq is Assistant Professor of Economics and Education, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, 230 S. Bouquet Street, 5907 Posvar Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. Email: mnshafiq@pitt.edu)

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Low household expenditure on education compromises the learning and future labour market prospects of children. This study provides an empirical framework for determining the criteria that South Asian policy-makers can use for assisting households with educational expenditure. A case study of urban Bangladesh using tobit and hurdle regression models indicate that households in the bottom two per capita quartiles should receive priority as recipients of policy assistance. Other criteria include households with parents who have not completed primary schooling and households with boys, older children and multiple children of school-going age.

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  • M. Najeeb Shafiq, 2011. "What Criteria Should Policy-makers Use for Assisting Households with Educational Expenditure?," South Asia Economic Journal, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, vol. 12(1), pages 25-37, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:soueco:v:12:y:2011:i:1:p:25-37
    DOI: 10.1177/139156141001200102
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    Keywords

    JEL: I21; JEL: I22; JEL: I28; JEL: O53; Economics of education; hurdle model; Bangladesh;
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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