Negotiating a better future: how interpersonal skills ...

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A two-week interpersonal skills training in advance of the peak period for female dropout. this training taught girls to use their.
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NEGOTIATINGABETTERFUTURE:HOWINTERPERSONALSKILLSFACILITATEINTERGENERATIONALINVESTMENT∗NAVAASHRAFNATALIEBAUCORINNELOWKATHLEENMCGINNUsingarandomizedcontrolledtrial,westudywhetheranegotiationskillstrainingcanimprovegirls’educationaloutcomesinalow-resourceenvironment.Wefindthatanegotiationtraininggiventoeighth-gradeZambiangirlssignifi-cantlyimprovededucationaloutcomesoverthenextthreeyears,andtheseeffectsdidnotfadeout.Tobetterunderstandmechanisms,weestimatetheeffectsoftwoalternativetreatments.Negotiationhadmuchstrongereffectsthananin-formationaltreatment,whichhadnoeffect.Atreatmentdesignedtohavemoretraditionalgirls’empowermenteffectshaddirectionallypositivebutinsignificanteducationaleffects.Relativetothistreatment,negotiationincreasedenrollmentinhigher-qualityschoolingandhadlargereffectsforhigh-abilitygirls.Thesefindingsareconsistentwithamodelinwhichnegotiationallowsgirlstoresolveincompletecontractingproblemswiththeirparents,yieldingincreasededucationalinvest-mentforthosewhoexperiencesufficiently...
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