Publication: The colonial legacy of education: evidence from Tunisia
The colonial legacy of education: evidence from Tunisia
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Ben Salah, M., Chambru, C., & Fourati, M. (2024). The colonial legacy of education: evidence from Tunisia (No. 411; Working Paper Series / Department of Economics).
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This paper uses spatial variations in the enrolment rate of Tunisian pupils in 1931 to estimate the weight of colonial history on medium- and long-run educational attainment. We assemble a new dataset on the location of public primary schools and the number of pupils and teachers, together with population data for 1931. We match these data with information on education at the district level, derived from two population censuses conducted in 1984 and 2014. We find that a one per cent increase in the enrolment rate in 1931 is associated
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Ben Salah, M., Chambru, C., & Fourati, M. (2024). The colonial legacy of education: evidence from Tunisia (No. 411; Working Paper Series / Department of Economics).
