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Using across-district variation in schools constructed and differences across cohorts affected by school construction, I evaluate the effect of school construction of 1950s on educational and infant health outcomes. I find that 1 new school increased ability to read and write by 1.8 and 1.9 percentage points among males and also reduced infant mortality. Using school construction of 1950s as instruments, I find that father’s ability to read reduces infant mortality.
Emerging from “The Darkness”: The effect of school construction on educational and child health in Nepal
Using across-district variation in schools constructed and differences across cohorts affected by school construction, I evaluate the effect of school construction of 1950s on educational and infant health outcomes. I find that 1 new school increased ability to read and write by 1.8 and 1.9 percentage points among males and also reduced infant mortality. Using school construction of 1950s as instruments, I find that father’s ability to read reduces infant mortality.