Table 2.

Differential learning leads to differential predicted impact on women's life outcomes from primary schooling

Impact of schooling	Gain in reading (0 to 2 scale) from six years of schooling)	Fertility	Child survival	Women's empowerment	Financial behaviors
Egypt (20th percentile)	0.95	−1.08	0.060	0.63	0.79
Peru (80th percentile)	1.73	−1.52	0.085	1.05	1.08
Extra impact from higher level of reading acquisition from primary schooling		40.9%	42.0%	66.7%	36.5%
Nigeria	0.66	−0.91	0.050	0.47	0.68
Rwanda	1.68	−1.49	0.083	1.02	1.06
Extra impact from higher level of reading acquisition from primary schooling		63.6%	65.6%	117.2%	55.6%
Average in DHS rounds	1.38	−1.32	0.07	0.86	0.94
Universal reading (all reach 2)	2	−1.67	0.093	1.19	1.17
Extra impact from higher level of reading acquisition from primary schooling		26.5%	27.1%	38.8%	24.1%

Note: Table shows the hypothetical impact of schooling on each outcome at the random effects weighted average coefficient for schooling and reading and the country-specific $\gamma$, or production of reading per year of schooling. These calculations use the DHS and FII estimates of the gain to reading from six years of schooling, averaged across survey rounds, and the random effects weighted average coefficients for schooling and reading on each life outcome reported in Table 1.