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The Contrasting Role of Ability and Poverty on Education Attainment: Evidence from Indonesia

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This study measures the relative role of poverty and scholastic ability on education attainment in developing countries, where a substantial portion of the population still live in poverty and poor people are markedly credit constrained. Different from most studies in developing countries, this paper uses a multiple-wave and long-spanning panel dataset that follows a cohort of children beginning from primary school until they are well over schooling age. We find that poverty has a statistically-significant and negative effect on junior high attainment, while it has a negligible effect on senior high completion. In contrast, scholastic ability plays no role in ensuring junior high completion but is crucial in increasing a child’s chance to graduate from senior high school. I

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Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

Textbook

No. Panggil

362.5 DAN d

Penerbit

Jakarta : SMERU Research Institute., 2009,

Deskripsi Fisik

20 halaman

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

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Klasifikasi

362.5

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

Printed

Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

1

Subjek

Kemiskinan
Penanggulangan Kemiskinan

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Daniel Suryadarma

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