Advancing the agency of adolescent girls
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...
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| author | Edmonds, Eric Feigenberg, Ben Leight, Jessica |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1400162025-10-26T13:02:06Z Advancing the agency of adolescent girls Edmonds, Eric Feigenberg, Ben Leight, Jessica girls education gender adolescents programmes life skills development secondary education 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. 2023-07-11 2024-03-14T12:08:49Z 2024-03-14T12:08:49Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140016 en Limited Access MIT Press Edmonds, Eric; Feigenberg, Ben; and Leight, Jessica. 2023. Advancing the agency of adolescent girls. Review of Economics and Statistics 105(4): 852-688. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01074 |
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| title | Advancing the agency of adolescent girls |
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| title_short | Advancing the agency of adolescent girls |
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| topic | girls education gender adolescents programmes life skills development secondary education |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140016 |
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