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Educational policies serving the poor : A case study of student's performance in Indian hostels

<p>This study examines the effect on school achievement of a policy such as hostels, aimed at</p><p>giving children from a poor socioeconomic background an opportunity to receive education.</p><p>Data is collected from two different schools in a district in Andhra Pradesh, India, in which</p><p>both hostel students and day-scholar students, having a similar background, are studying.</p><p>Exam scores for three different subjects are used as dependent variables in the analysis. The</p><p>results indicate that private hostels do have a positive effect on achievement in all subjects,</p><p>thereby contributing to reducing the large gap in school achievement between different</p><p>socioeconomic groups</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:uu-5995
Date January 2005
CreatorsLindén, Rut
PublisherUppsala University, Department of Economics
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, text

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