This study examines the effect on school achievement of a policy such as hostels, aimed at giving children from a poor socioeconomic background an opportunity to receive education. Data is collected from two different schools in a district in Andhra Pradesh, India, in which both hostel students and day-scholar students, having a similar background, are studying. Exam scores for three different subjects are used as dependent variables in the analysis. The results indicate that private hostels do have a positive effect on achievement in all subjects, thereby contributing to reducing the large gap in school achievement between different socioeconomic groups
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-5995 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Lindén, Rut |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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