School Resources, Behavioral Responses and School Quality: Short-Term Experimental Evidence from Niger
Increasing school resources has often shown disappointing effects on school quality in developing countries, a lack of impact which may be due to student, parent or teacher behavioral responses. We test the short-term impact of an increase in school resources under parental control using an experimental school grant program in Niger.
H52 - Government Expenditures and Education ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration ; I21 - Analysis of Education ; I28 - Government Policy