Thursday, February 13, 2020; 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
IFPRI Malawi Office
Area 14/205, Lilongwe
IFPRI Malawi invites you to a Brown Bag Research Seminar presentation by Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Ethiopia.
Topic
Parental Aspirations for Children’s Education: Is There a “Girl Effect”? Experimental evidence from rural Ethiopia
Abstract
Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse will present on an experiment with poor rural households in Ethiopia, which aimed to boost aspirations for a better future through exposure to documentaries featuring local male and female role models. The study explores effects on parents’ educational aspirations and investment in children’s education. At baseline, educational aspirations are high but biased against girls. At a six-month follow-up, the intervention increased parents’ aspirations for their children’s education and increased enrolment, time spent in school and schooling expenditures. There was no catching up of girls relative to boys. Results are consistent with broader local social norms that value education but disfavor women.
Please RSVP to the IFPRI Malawi office (ifpri-lilongwe@cgiar.org) if you plan to attend, or designate someone to attend in your place as space is limited.
