Shanika Samarakoon|Rasyad Parinduri
Does Education Empower Women? Evidence from Indonesia
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka|University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
paper examines whether education empowers women exploit exogenous variation education induced longer school year indonesia 1978 fits fuzzy regression discontinuity design find education reduces number live births increases contraceptive use promotes reproductive health practices however except outcome measures find evidence education improves womens decisionmaking authority within households asset ownership community participation results suggest extent education empower women middleincome countries like indonesia