Table 5.

Effect of the Policy on Higher Education: Coefficients on the Interaction of Gender, Proximity to Public University and Cohort Dummies

	Secondary School Completion	Completed >7 Years of School
Panel A: Experiment Comparing Educational Outcomes for Girls aged 8–12 versus those aged 19–23 in 1990
Female^* Young^*(1/Ln(Distance))	2.79^*** (0.361)	3.42^*** (0.469)
District FE	Y	Y
Cohort FE	Y	Y
Cohort-Size	Y	Y
No. obs	338545	353782
No. clusters	55	55
R ²	0.11	0.12
Panel B: Placebo Comparing Educational Outcomes for Girls aged 19–23 versus those aged 24–28 in 1990
Female^* Young^*(1/Ln(Distance))	0.521 (0.646)	0.568 (0.513)
District FE	Y	Y
Cohort FE	Y	Y
Cohort-Size	Y	Y
No. obs	230502	245130
No. clusters	55	55
R²	0.11	0.11

Notes : Data are from the 2002 Uganda Census 10 percent sample, (IPUMS International). Robust standard errors clustered at the district level in parentheses. Distance from University measured in meters and calculated (details in Appendix A).

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