More for the Girls? Postindependence Education Expenditure in Timor-Leste
Using the Timor-Leste Survey of Living Standards, we show that the household education spending on girls was higher than for boys in the period following independence. This pattern contrasts with that in the neighboring and politically interrelated country of Indonesia. We explore how religious diff...
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| description | Using the Timor-Leste Survey of Living Standards, we show that the household education spending on girls was higher than for boys in the period following independence. This pattern contrasts with that in the neighboring and politically interrelated country of Indonesia. We explore how religious differences and supply and demand features of private (relatively costly) Catholic schools across these countries relate to the dynamics of these policy-relevant educational gaps during the course of development in Timor-Leste. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-17d8a2c394b9481188082eb7c07b41032025-08-20T02:41:42ZengWorld Scientific PublishingAsian Development Review0116-11051996-72412025-06-01420224927810.1142/S011611052550012XMore for the Girls? Postindependence Education Expenditure in Timor-LesteWISNU SETIADI NUGROHO0ANITA ALVES PENA1Fakultas Ekonomika dan Bisnis, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaDepartment of Economics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United StatesUsing the Timor-Leste Survey of Living Standards, we show that the household education spending on girls was higher than for boys in the period following independence. This pattern contrasts with that in the neighboring and politically interrelated country of Indonesia. We explore how religious differences and supply and demand features of private (relatively costly) Catholic schools across these countries relate to the dynamics of these policy-relevant educational gaps during the course of development in Timor-Leste.https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S011611052550012XCatholic schoolseducationgenderIndonesiaTimor-Leste |
| spellingShingle | WISNU SETIADI NUGROHO ANITA ALVES PENA More for the Girls? Postindependence Education Expenditure in Timor-Leste Asian Development Review Catholic schools education gender Indonesia Timor-Leste |
| title | More for the Girls? Postindependence Education Expenditure in Timor-Leste |
| title_full | More for the Girls? Postindependence Education Expenditure in Timor-Leste |
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| title_short | More for the Girls? Postindependence Education Expenditure in Timor-Leste |
| title_sort | more for the girls postindependence education expenditure in timor leste |
| topic | Catholic schools education gender Indonesia Timor-Leste |
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