Madrasah for girls and private school for boys? The determinants of school type choice in rural and urban Indonesia

• Main Authors: Asadullah, M. Niaz, Maliki, -
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: HT Communities. Classes. Races; L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22446/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2018.02.006

Using a nationally representative data set on Indonesian households and villages, we study the determinants of enrolment in Islamic schools (i.e. madrasahs) and private schools vis-à-vis government schools. Multinomial logit estimates indicate that madrasahs systematically attract children from poor...