PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ozier, Owen
TI  - The Impact of Secondary Schooling in Kenya: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.53.1.0915-7407R
DP  - 2016 Dec 14
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2016/12/12/jhr.53.1.0915-7407R.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2016/12/12/jhr.53.1.0915-7407R.full
AB  - I estimate the impacts of secondary school on human capital, occupational choice, and fertility for young adults in Kenya. Probability of admission to government secondary school rises sharply at a score close to the national mean on a standardized 8th grade examination, permitting me to estimate causal effects of schooling in a regression discontinuity framework. I combine administrative test score data with a survey of young adults to estimate these impacts. My results show that secondary schooling increases human capital. For men, I find a drop in low-skill self-employment; for women, I find a reduction in teen pregnancy.