School enrollment

Providing better information about school quality and admissions in a large, centralised school choice system in Ghana improved students’ applications outcomes, but did not increase enrolment – suggesting that information alone cannot resolve the dee...

In Lesotho, children who start school at older ages attain higher levels of education. In adulthood, they are more likely to have professional occupations and less likely to start families early, contract HIV, or experience child mortality.

India should consider how government policies have both intended and unintended consequences for education, as they impact incentives to attend school