Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267841 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2022/91
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
I evaluate the impact of the right to education from the passing of the Right to Education Act in India in 2009. This Act guaranteed free education to children aged 6-14 years, including children with disabilities. Given that the school participation deficit associated with disability is large, I provide results that are a relief to policy-makers. I use an event study estimation and an interrupted time series research design and find that the Right to Education Act led to a 60 per cent increase in schooling among children with disabilities within three years. The estimate is driven by enrolment across all grades. I also provide suggestive evidence that the estimate is not driven by an increase in the number of schools or in disability-friendly ramps within schools.
Subjects: 
disability
children
education
enrolment
schooling
JEL: 
I24
I25
I28
I38
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9267-225-6
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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