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A Vaccination for Education: Early Childhood Development Programme and the Education of Older Girls in Rural India

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Girls lag behind boys in education in India and relatively more provide childcare at home. This paper investigates whether provision of childcare services by India’s largest child development programme narrows the gender education gap by reducing childcare costs. Using logit, village fixed effects and mother fixed effects, I find that girls 6–14 years old, whose younger sibling 0–5 years old is receiving any of the programme services intensely, are at least three percentage points more likely to be in school than similar boys. Further, I find that these girls are also more likely to complete early primary grades than boys.

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  • Monica JAIN, 2018. "A Vaccination for Education: Early Childhood Development Programme and the Education of Older Girls in Rural India," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(1), pages 153-173, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:54:y:2018:i:1:p:153-173
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1288218
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