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The role of local government policy on secondary school enrolment decision in Indonesia

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  • Ferry Prasetyia

    (Kassel Universität
    University of Brawijaya)

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This paper aims at investigating the effect of local government policy on the decision of secondary school enrollment in Indonesia. It combines various datasets such as Indonesia Family Life Survey based on the household and community survey, village survey (PODES), and district data level for statistical analysis. By using a probit model, this study finds that the local government policy on education, such as pupil-to-class room ratio and education expenditure per population in secondary school age, is found to have significant impact on the parents’ decision to enroll their children in the school. Further estimation on the interaction of local government policy with female child shows that only the number of public secondary school per population variable has low impact on secondary school enrollment decision.

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  • Ferry Prasetyia, 2019. "The role of local government policy on secondary school enrolment decision in Indonesia," Eurasian Economic Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 9(2), pages 139-172, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurase:v:9:y:2019:i:2:d:10.1007_s40822-018-0101-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s40822-018-0101-9
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    Keywords

    Enrollment; Secondary school; Household decision; Local government policy;
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion

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