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Trial Status in_development completed
Last Published August 06, 2018 01:39 PM October 25, 2023 03:35 PM
Study Withdrawn No
Intervention Completion Date June 30, 2018
Data Collection Complete Yes
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) 119 schools
Was attrition correlated with treatment status? No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations 2,435 girls
Public Data URL https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CPJUP3
Is there a restricted access data set available on request? No
Program Files Yes
Program Files URL https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CPJUP3
Data Collection Completion Date August 30, 2018
Is data available for public use? Yes
Keyword(s) Education, Labor Education, Labor
Building on Existing Work No
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Papers

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Paper Abstract More than 98 million adolescent girls are not in school. Can girls influence their schooling without changes in their family's economic environment? In Rajasthan, India, we examine the impact of a school-based life skills program that seeks to address low aspirations, narrow societal roles for girls and women, restricted networks of social support, and limited decision-making power. We find the intervention causes a 25% decline in school dropout that persists from seventh grade through the transition to high school. Improvements in socioemotional support among girls exposed to the intervention seem especially important in their decision to stay in school.
Paper Citation Eric Edmonds, Ben Feigenberg, Jessica Leight; Advancing the Agency of Adolescent Girls. The Review of Economics and Statistics 2023; 105 (4): 852–866. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01074
Paper URL https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01074
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