Battaglia, Marianna and Lebedinski, Lara (2015) Equal access to education: an evaluation of the Roma Teaching Assistant Program in Serbia. World Development : The multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, 76. pp. 62-81. ISSN 0305-750X
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Abstract
This paper investigates the effects of a remedial education program—the Roma Teaching Assistant Program—targeting
the socially excluded Roma minority in Serbia. By using first-hand collected data, we find evidence that children exposed to the program
went more to school. We do not find an effect on dropouts or marks for all grades. An examination of heterogeneous effects suggests that
children in the first grade benefited more from the program as compared to their older peers through lower dropouts and better marks.
Overall, our results suggest that well-targeted remedial education programs can boost outcomes of low performers.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | COBISS.ID=512466274 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | primary education, remedial education, Roma, ethnic minority, absences, dropouts |
| Research Department: | Welfare Economics |
| Depositing User: | Jelena Banovic |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Nov 2017 13:52 |
| Last Modified: | 08 May 2020 10:56 |
| URI: | http://35.240.28.64/id/eprint/1149 |
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