title: Essays on poverty, inequality and education in India and Pakistan
creator: Sarwar, Kafeel
subject: 320
subject: 320 Political science
subject: 330
subject: 330 Economics
subject: 370
subject: 370 Education
description: In the first essay, entitled “A subnational analysis of poverty convergence: Evidence from India and Pakistan”, I analyze the subnational patterns of changes in poverty within the framework of poverty convergence. I also analyze the two distinct effects of poverty at the subnational level in India and Pakistan. In the second essay, entitled “A subnational analysis of inequality convergence: evidence from India and Pakistan,” I investigate whether the income inequalities are persistent overtime at the subnational level in India and Pakistan. In the third and last essay, entitled, “School grants and educational outcomes: The impact of the non-salary budget reform in Punjab-Pakistan, I study the effects of reform on education outcomes and achievements. I analyzed a decentralized school grant for public schools and address two questions. First, does the provision of a decentralized grant affect the school’s human capital and the school’s physical infrastructure? Second, does this decentralized grant improve education outcomes and achievements?
date: 2021
type: Dissertation
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/29433/7/Sarwar_Dissertation.pdf
identifier: DOI:10.11588/heidok.00029433
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-294335
identifier:   Sarwar, Kafeel  (2021) Essays on poverty, inequality and education in India and Pakistan.  [Dissertation]     
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language: eng