TY - BOOK ID - 133910325 TI - The Impact of Secondary Schooling in Kenya : A Regression Discontinuity Analysis. PY - 2015 PB - Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Academic year KW - Adults KW - Average schooling KW - Basic education KW - Catholic schools KW - Childbearing KW - Class size KW - Class-size KW - Cognitive performance KW - Cognitive test KW - Development goals KW - Development policy KW - Disasters KW - District education KW - Early marriage KW - Educated parents KW - Education KW - Education for all KW - Education investments KW - Education offices KW - Education policy KW - Education system KW - Educational attainment KW - Educational participation KW - Effects of education KW - Examination KW - Fees KW - Female education KW - Female schooling KW - Fertility KW - First births KW - First child KW - Free primary education KW - Gender parity KW - Girls' schools KW - Grade repetition KW - Health, nutrition and population KW - High school KW - HIV KW - Human capital KW - Human capital accumulation KW - Human development KW - Impact of education KW - Infant KW - Infant health KW - Labor market KW - Labor markets KW - Learning KW - Learning outcomes KW - Level of education KW - Literacy KW - Low-income country KW - Marriage KW - Millennium development goals KW - Mother KW - National boundaries KW - National schools KW - Natural disasters KW - Number of schools KW - Number of students KW - Older men KW - Parents' education KW - Policies KW - Policy KW - Policy change KW - Policy discussions KW - Policy research KW - Policy research working paper KW - Population KW - Population growth KW - Population policies KW - Populations KW - Pregnancies KW - Pregnancy KW - Pregnancy by age KW - Primary education KW - Primary education policy KW - Primary education system KW - Primary school KW - Primary school leaving examination KW - Primary schooling KW - Primary schools KW - Private schools KW - Private secondary schools KW - Progress KW - Public examination system KW - Public schools KW - Public services KW - Publishers KW - Rates of population KW - Respect KW - Returns to education KW - Rural areas KW - School KW - School administrators KW - School attendance KW - School completion KW - School construction KW - School enrollment KW - School entry KW - School fees KW - School leaders KW - School leaving examination KW - School participation KW - School quality KW - Schooling KW - Schools KW - Secondary education KW - Secondary school KW - Secondary schooling KW - Secondary schools KW - Sex KW - Sexual behavior KW - Skills KW - Spouse KW - Student achievement KW - Students KW - Teachers KW - Teen KW - Teen pregnancy KW - Teens KW - Tertiary education KW - Textbooks KW - Universal primary education KW - Urban centers KW - Values KW - Vocational education KW - Vocational schools KW - War KW - Women KW - Young adults KW - Young men KW - Young women UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133910325 AB - This paper estimates the impacts of secondary school on human capital, occupational choice, and fertility for young adults in Kenya. The probability of admission to government secondary school rises sharply at a score close to the national mean on a standardized 8th grade examination, permitting the estimation of causal effects of schooling in a regression discontinuity framework. The analysis combines administrative test score data with a recent survey of young adults to estimate these impacts. The results show that secondary schooling increases human capital, as measured by performance on cognitive tests included in the survey. For men, there is a drop in the probability of low-skill self-employment, as well as suggestive evidence of a rise in the probability of formal employment. The opportunity to attend secondary school also reduces teen pregnancy among women. ER -