@misc{11118,
title = {Access to Preprimary Education and Progression in Primary School: Evidence from Rural Guatemala},
author = {Bastos, Paulo and Bottan, Nicolas L. and Cristia, Julian P.},
year = {2012},
doi = {10.18235/0011437},
abstract = {Evidence on the impacts of a large-scale expansion in public preprimary education is limited and mostly circumscribed to high and middle-income countries.  This paper estimates the effects of such an expansion on progression in primary school in rural communities of Guatemala.  Combining administrative and population census data in a difference-in-difference framework, the paper examines a large-scale construction program that increased the number of preprimaries from around 5,300 to 11,500 between 1998 and 2005.  The results indicate that the program increased by 2. 1 percentage points the fraction of students that progress adequately and attend sixth grade by age 12.  These positive effects are heavily concentrated among girls.},
url = {https://doi.org/10.18235/0011437}
}