even illiterate parents may wish their children to succeed within these new, Western structures, if the parents believe for such possibility
Sure they do, especially with exposure these days via media. However there is a differential in how much boys are sent to school vs girls. Age is also a factor: puberty is a big wall for the girl child in terms of going to school. Most parents send kids to school if one is accessible. Where schools are absent no one went to school. With MDG and SDG more focus has come on schools, they are now more accessible. Hence the increase in enrollment.
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The research from Lutz et all is highly recommended. Amartya Sen, Jean Dreze, Hans Rosling are also at the top of my list.
Yes there is no Demographic dividend, it is an education dividend.
Yet, will you be able to provide any other statistical evidence that quantifies the returns on investments in education (in terms of income and health changes),
Such data is hard to come by, even basic data like registrations of births, deaths is incomplete. If we look at the data from states of India we find that the relationship between education and health/income stands.
I would suggest moving away from requiring statistical evidence in every geographical area. Lets take medicine, first there is the research, then the RCT, then it comes to market. While the manufacturer should continue to monitor the effects of drug after the drug is in market, we dont expect them to run RCT in every country.
Like medicines the evidence for the benefits of education are robust and go a long way. We should be able to take that evidence as fact, and move on to finding out the best way to spread education to everybody. RCT can be used as a tool for this goal.
This is similar to how Duflo and others assume immunization is good, now they are working on getting everyone immunized and figuring out best way to do so via RCT.
As far as returns go, there is data on child mortality, maternal mortality, life expectancy, income by level of education. All of this data is approximate.
My calculations suggest that Educate Girls is 3-6 times more effective than most GW recommended charities and 30 times that of Give Directly. I dont take the estimates literally, I think they are good ballpark numbers.
OK, I read that there should be more RCT research on cost-effective methods of achieving favorable welfare outcomes through mass education, especially of disadvantaged students.
Sure they do, especially with exposure these days via media. However there is a differential in how much boys are sent to school vs girls. Age is also a factor: puberty is a big wall for the girl child in terms of going to school. Most parents send kids to school if one is accessible. Where schools are absent no one went to school. With MDG and SDG more focus has come on schools, they are now more accessible. Hence the increase in enrollment.
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The research from Lutz et all is highly recommended. Amartya Sen, Jean Dreze, Hans Rosling are also at the top of my list.
Yes there is no Demographic dividend, it is an education dividend.
This entry in Our World in Data is very good https://ourworldindata.org/global-rise-of-education
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Such data is hard to come by, even basic data like registrations of births, deaths is incomplete. If we look at the data from states of India we find that the relationship between education and health/income stands.
I would suggest moving away from requiring statistical evidence in every geographical area. Lets take medicine, first there is the research, then the RCT, then it comes to market. While the manufacturer should continue to monitor the effects of drug after the drug is in market, we dont expect them to run RCT in every country.
Like medicines the evidence for the benefits of education are robust and go a long way. We should be able to take that evidence as fact, and move on to finding out the best way to spread education to everybody. RCT can be used as a tool for this goal.
This is similar to how Duflo and others assume immunization is good, now they are working on getting everyone immunized and figuring out best way to do so via RCT.
As far as returns go, there is data on child mortality, maternal mortality, life expectancy, income by level of education. All of this data is approximate.
My calculations suggest that Educate Girls is 3-6 times more effective than most GW recommended charities and 30 times that of Give Directly. I dont take the estimates literally, I think they are good ballpark numbers.
OK, I read that there should be more RCT research on cost-effective methods of achieving favorable welfare outcomes through mass education, especially of disadvantaged students.