TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Ferreira, João R.
AU  - Sandholtz, Wayne Aaron
        TI  - Free Schooling Reverses Sibling Rivalry
        PY  - 2024/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17228
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp17228
        AB  - We use administrative data to measure sibling spillovers on academic performance before and after Tanzania's introduction of Free Secondary Education (FSE). Prior to FSE, students whose older siblings narrowly passed the secondary school entrance exam were less likely to go to secondary school themselves; with FSE, the effect became positive. Negative spillovers in the pre-reform period were concentrated in poorer regions; positive spillovers in the post-reform period were largest for lower-performing younger siblings. This suggests that FSE alleviated financial constraints, allowing families to distribute educational investments more equitably rather than concentrating resources on high-performing children.
        KW  - sibling spillovers
KW  - educational achievement
KW  - resource constraints
KW  - high-stakes exams
        ER  -