The Impact of Early Childhood Education on Early Achievement Gaps in Indonesia

Type Journal Article - Journal of Development Effectiveness
Title The Impact of Early Childhood Education on Early Achievement Gaps in Indonesia
Author(s)
Volume Volume 8, 2016
Issue 2
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2015
Page numbers 216-233
URL https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2015.1088054
Abstract
This study assesses whether the Indonesia Early Childhood Education and Development (ECED) project had an impact on early achievement gaps as measured by an array of child development outcomes and enrolment. First, using a fixed-effects model with a difference-in-difference estimator that compares children in project villages with those in non-project villages, we find that the positive impacts are concentrated among poor children. Second, extending our fixed-effects model, we also find that the achievement gap between richer and poorer children in project villages decreased on many dimensions compared with the achievement gap in non-project villages.

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