Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/252349 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-1248
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes how slum upgrading programs impact elementary school childrens attendance in Uruguay. We take advantage of the eligibility rule that deems slums eligible for a SUP program if they have 40 or more dwelling units. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity estimator, we find that students exposed to SUPs are 17 percent less likely to be at the 90th percentile of the yearly count of school absences. That effect appears to be driven by how SUPs impact girls. These interventions have effects that last for more than five years after their implementation. We discuss some critical urban and education policy implications of our findings.
Subjects: 
Slum Upgrading
school absences
regression discontinuity
JEL: 
I25
C54
D04
O18
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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