Literacy and primary school expansion in Portugal : 1940-62

Gomes, Pedro; Machado, Matilde P.

dc.contributor.author	Gomes, Pedro
dc.contributor.author	Machado, Matilde P.
dc.contributor.editor	Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía
dc.date.accessioned	2019-05-06T14:00:24Z
dc.date.available	2019-05-06T14:00:24Z
dc.date.issued	2019-04-01
dc.identifier.issn	2340-5031
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10016/28328
dc.description.abstract	In 1940, the Portuguese government approved a massive primary school construction plan that projected a 60% increase in the number of primary schools. Based on the collection of a new dataset, we describe the education in Portugal prior to the plan as well as the plan's strategy regarding the location of schools. We then estimate the causal impact of the increase in the number of schools between 1940 and the early 60s on enrolment and literacy, all at the county level.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working paper. Economics
dc.relation.ispartofseries	19-07
dc.title	Literacy and primary school expansion in Portugal : 1940-62
dc.type	workingPaper
dc.rights.accessRights	openAccess
dc.type.version	draft
dc.identifier.uxxi	DT/0000001702