[VIDEO] Impact of Floods on Education Outcomes: Evidence from Bangladesh Using Satellite and Census Data

Event: KDIS-3ie-ADB-ADBI Conference on Impact Evaluation - Challenges and Promise for Human Capital Development in Asia

[VIDEO] Impact of Floods on Education Outcomes: Evidence from Bangladesh Using Satellite and Census Data

17 November 2020

Author / Speaker:

Kazi Iqbal, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies - Other materials by the author

We examine the impact of floods on education outcomes in Bangladesh. We combine the census data of all secondary schools with the flood measures constructed from satellite images at the union level (lowest administrative unit) for the years 2011-2018. We find that passing rates of school based exams and public exams of the secondary schools in a union drop significantly if greater areas of that union is flooded, after controlling for school level and year fixed effects. The impact is found to be more pronounced for the female students.

Geographical Focus:

Bangladesh

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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