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Social Institutions, Parental Investments and Educational Attainment: Evidence from Age-sets in Uganda

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  • Matthew Collins
  • Patrick Wing McHale
  • Devon Spika

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Education is widely seen as a key driver of economic growth, yet social institutions may mediate efforts to improve outcomes. We study how age-set organisation---where societies are structured into age-based social groups---shapes parental human capital investments and children’s educational attainment. Children in age-set societies receive greater investments, improving health and schooling at younger ages. Yet effects on education dissipate between the ages of 13-16, coinciding with the timing of age-set initiation. We also find that universal secondary education raised schooling only in non-age-set societies. These findings highlight how the impacts of social institutions can vary across the life-cycle.

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  • Matthew Collins & Patrick Wing McHale & Devon Spika, 2026. "Social Institutions, Parental Investments and Educational Attainment: Evidence from Age-sets in Uganda," CESifo Working Paper Series 12940, CESifo.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ceswps:_12940
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    JEL classification:

    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
    • 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
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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