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Shah, Manisha; Steinberg, Bryce Millett – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2019
The Right to Education Act in 2009 guaranteed access to free primary education for all children in India ages 6-14. This paper investigates whether national trends in educational data changed around the time of this law using household surveys and administrative data. We document four trends: (1) School-going increases after the passage of RTE,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Legislation, Access to Education, Elementary School Students