Affiliation:
1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , USA
2. World Bank , USA
Abstract
Abstract
We study long-term and intergenerational effects of the 1970s Indonesian school construction program. Exploiting variation across birth cohorts and districts in the number of schools built suggests that 43 years later men are more likely to work formally, outside agriculture, and migrate, and that men and women have better marriage market outcomes. Households with exposed women have higher living standards and pay more taxes. The mother's program exposure leads to increased schooling for her children, with larger effects in secondary and tertiary education. Cost-benefit analyses indicate that school construction leads to higher tax revenues and improved living standards, offsetting construction costs within 18–54 years.
Funder
University of Texas at Austin
Paris School of Economics
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
NEUDC
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Minnesota
Wellesley College
DePaul University
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Economics and Econometrics
Cited by
9 articles.
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