Additional Returns to Investing in Girls' Education

Impact on Younger Sibling Human Capital

Bibliographic Data

ID9711754
AuthorsJavaeria A Qureshi (0000-0002-0682-9499, University of Illinois Chicago, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume128
Issue616
Pages3285-3319
Publication date2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/ecoj.12571
OpenAlexW2772786233
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited45

This article estimates the effect of the oldest sister's education on child human capital development. In many developing countries, the oldest sisters share significant childcare responsibilities in the household and can influence younger siblings' learning. I propose a model that predicts competing effects of increasing the oldest sister's schooling on younger sibling human capital. Using an identification strategy that exploits the gender segregation of schools in Pakistan, I find that the oldest sister's schooling significantly improves younger brothers' literacy, numeracy and schooling. These results indicate that evaluations of programmes targeting girls' education that ignore these spillovers on younger siblings systematically underestimate total benefits

Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Human capital · Literacy · Numeracy · Sibling · Sister · Sociology · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · School Choice and Performance

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