| 来源类型 | Working Paper
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| 规范类型 | 报告
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| DOI | 10.3386/w14853
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| 来源ID | Working Paper 14853
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| Menstruation and Education in Nepal |
| Emily Oster; Rebecca Thornton
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| 发表日期 | 2009-04-08
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| 出版年 | 2009
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | This paper presents the results from a randomized evaluation that distributed menstrual cups (menstrual sanitary products) to adolescent girls in rural Nepal. Girls in the study were randomly allocated a menstrual cup for use during their monthly period and were followed for fifteen months to measure the effects of having modern sanitary products on schooling. While girls were 3 percentage points less likely to attend school on days of their period, we find no significant effect of being allocated a menstrual cup on school attendance. There were also no effects on test scores, self-reported measures of self-esteem or gynecological health. These results suggest that policy claims that barriers to girls' schooling and activities during menstrual periods are due to lack of modern sanitary protection may not be warranted. On the other hand, sanitary products are quickly and widely adopted by girls and are convenient in other ways, unrelated to short-term schooling gains. |
| 主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare
; Education
; Labor Economics
; Demography and Aging
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| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w14853
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| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/572528
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Emily Oster,Rebecca Thornton. Menstruation and Education in Nepal. 2009.
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