Increasing educational attainment in Egypt: The impact of early childhood care and education |
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| Institution: | 1. Unidad de Reproducción Humana, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe de Valencia, Avenida Campanar 21, 46009 Valencia, Spain;;2. Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Universitat Politécnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain;;3. Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland;;4. Dpto. Biología Funcional y Antropología Física, Facultad C. Biológicas, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjasot (Valencia), Spain;;5. Centro de Gestión de la Calidad y del Cambio, Universitat Politécnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain;;6. Dpto de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain;1. School of Earth Sciences, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States;2. Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States;1. IPEA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;2. Department of Economics, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | This paper investigates the impact of early childhood care and education on subsequent educational attainment in Egypt. Comparisons between siblings are used to control for selection and duration analysis methods are used to account for the presence of current students in the data. These methods are compared to OLS to demonstrate the importance of accounting for both observed and unobserved heterogeneity and for students who have not yet completed their schooling. Early childhood care and education significantly reduces the probability of dropping out, specifically during basic education. The change in educational attainment from early childhood care and education is approximately one additional year of schooling. Key pathways for this effect include improved school performance, such as increases in test scores and decreases in repetition, during basic education. Results indicate expanding early childhood care and education would be an important and effective policy for improving educational outcomes. |
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