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Child schooling in India: the role of gender

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  • Itismita Mohanty
  • ANU RAMMOHAN

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Purpose - – This paper aims to analyse factors that influence child schooling outcomes in India, specifically the role of gender. Design/methodology/approach - – This paper uses data from the nationally representativeIndian National Family Health Surveys1995-1996 and 2005-2006 and estimates Heckman sample selection, cluster fixed-effects and household fixed-effects econometric models. The dependent variables are the child’s enrolment status and conditional on enrolment child’s years of schooling. Findings - – This analysis finds statistically significant evidence of male advantage both in schooling enrolment as well as years of schooling. However, using a cluster fixed-effects model, our analysis finds that within a village, conditional on being enrolled, girls spend more years in school relative to boys. Other results show that parental schooling has a positive and statistically significant impact on child schooling. There is statistically significant wealth effect, community effect and regional disparities between states in India. Originality/value - – The large sample size and the range of questions available in this data set, allows us to explore the influence of individual, household and village level social, economic and cultural factors on child schooling. The role of gender on child schooling within a village, intrahousehold resource allocation for schooling and regional gender differences in schooling are important issues in India, where education outcomes remain poor for large segments of the population.

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  • Itismita Mohanty & ANU RAMMOHAN, 2015. "Child schooling in India: the role of gender," Indian Growth and Development Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 8(1), pages 93-108, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:igdrpp:v:8:y:2015:i:1:p:93-108
    DOI: 10.1108/IGDR-03-2014-0008
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    1. Danish Ahmad & Itismita Mohanty & Laili Irani & Dileep Mavalankar & Theo Niyonsenga, 2020. "Participation in microfinance based Self Help Groups in India: Who becomes a member and for how long?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(8), pages 1-26, August.

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    Keywords

    Human capital; Regional variation; Child schooling; Community or village level effects; Gender bias; Household fixed effects; J16; J24; O15; I20; D13;
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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation

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