Sökning: "Universal Primary Education Reform"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden Universal Primary Education Reform.

  1. 1. The Effect of a Universal Primary Education Reform on Gender Attitudes in Uganda

    C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Författare :Emma Bergman Karlsson; Klara Holmer; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design; Two-Stage Least Squares; Gender Attitudes; Universal Primary Education; Uganda;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines whether greater access to primary school education for girls and a decreased gender gap in primary school education affects gender attitudes, by studying a Universal Primary Education reform in Uganda that eliminated primary school fees. We conduct a Two-Stage Least Squares regression where we use exogenous variation in exposure to the reform as an instrumental variable to estimate the effect of educational attainment on gender attitudes. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Does Primary Education Affect Intimate Partner Violence Against Women? Evidence from Malawi

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Författare :Sara Abrahamsson; [2016-09-08]
    Nyckelord :Intimate partner violence; attitudes; education; Universal Primary Education Reform; natural experiment; Malawi;

    Sammanfattning : This paper studies the causal effect of educational attainment on the experience of intimate partner violence and attitudes toward intimate partner violence in Malawi. Using data from the Demographic Health Survey, this paper takes advantage of the implementation of the Universal Primary education reform in Malawi in 1994 as a natural experiment. LÄS MER

  3. 3. National Integration in Uganda - The Quest for Universal Access to Education

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Författare :Martin Söderberg; [2003]
    Nyckelord :Sociology; Sociologi; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : In 1997 the Ugandan government introduced a reform program with the ambition to implement universal primary education. The abolition of tuition fees would ideally guarantee access to the public service delivery system as far as primary education is concerned and help to integrate underprivileged groups with the rest of the diverse society. LÄS MER