Replication data for: School Inputs, Household Substitution, and Test Scores

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Jishnu Das; Stefan Dercon; James Habyarimana; Pramila Krishnan; Karthik Muralidharan; Venkatesh Sundararaman

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Project Citation:

Das, Jishnu, Dercon, Stefan, Habyarimana, James, Krishnan, Pramila, Muralidharan, Karthik, and Sundararaman, Venkatesh. Replication data for: School Inputs, Household Substitution, and Test Scores. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113852V1

Project Description

Summary: Empirical studies of the relationship between school inputs and test scores typically do not account for household responses to changes in school inputs. Evidence from India and Zambia shows that student test scores are higher when schools receive unanticipated grants, but there is no impact of grants that are anticipated. We show that the most likely mechanism for this result is that households offset their own spending in response to anticipated grants. Our results confirm the importance of optimal household responses and suggest caution when interpreting estimates of school inputs on learning outcomes as parameters of an education production function. (JEL D12, H52, I21, O15)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
      H52 National Government Expenditures and Education
      I21 Analysis of Education
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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