Can a Public Scholarship Program Successfully Reduce School Drop-Outs in a Time of Economic Crisis? Evidence from Indonesia

Autor/in	Cameron, Lisa
Titel	Can a Public Scholarship Program Successfully Reduce School Drop-Outs in a Time of Economic Crisis? Evidence from Indonesia
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 28 (2009) 3, S.308-317 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.09.013
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Scholarships; Economics; Educational Finance; Data Analysis; Dropout Prevention; Dropout Rate; Dropout Research; Economic Factors; Financial Problems; Program Effectiveness; Educational Policy; Government Role; Secondary School Students; Indonesia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Scholarship; Stipendium; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Bildungsfonds; Auswertung; Ökonomischer Faktor; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Sekundarschüler; Indonesien
Abstract	This paper evaluates the role played by Indonesia's Social Safety Net Scholarships Program in reducing school drop-out rates during the Asian financial crisis. The expectation was that many families would find it difficult to keep their children in school and drop-out rates would be high. The scholarships are found to have been effective in reducing drop-outs at the level of schooling at which students were historically most at the risk of dropping out--lower secondary school. At this level drop-outs were reduced by about 3.0% points (or 38%) and costs were recovered. Given its success, the program can be viewed as a model to be followed by other countries that find themselves in a similar situation of crisis. How well the program adhered to its documented targeting design and how effective this design was in reaching the poor is also examined. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10