Our project team recently concluded a long term survey follow-up of girls from both treatment and comparison schools in the larger of the two districts which sought to evaluate the long-term impacts of the observed human capital gains on a range of life outcomes. We made direct contact with 84.3% of target respondents using a two stage tracking method and interviewed 81.9% of total respondents. The resulting panel dataset contains data on about 1750 girls over five years, including information on cognitive performance, political attitudes and education, health, labor market and fertility outcomes.

Preliminary results suggest that the Girls Scholarship Program led to persistent test score gains in pupils from treatment schools five years after the program. Girls from treatment schools were also more likely to be enrolled in school and to have attended some secondary school at the time of the long-term follow up survey. Additionally, the program and resulting human capital gains had an impact on political knowledge and attitudes, resulting in better political knowledge and a pattern of political dissatisfaction in girls from treatment schools.