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Robert Bauchmüller
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Position: ESPP Fellow
Email address: robert.bauchmuller@governance.unimaas.nl
Educational Background
August 2005 MSc
International Economic
Studies, University
of Maastricht, The
Netherlands
Master thesis topic:
Eradicating poverty in India
with the Millennium
Development Goals: Primary
education for all or only
for some Gujaratis?
Research Interest
I am interested and
qualified in topics that are
in the analytical focus of
the ESPP programme. This
refers especially to the
study of educational
policies and their effects
on welfare. During my
studies, I followed the
track “Human Resources,
Labour Markets and Society”.
During an AIESEC internship
in India I applied this
focus in a field research. I
did a field survey on
educational needs of
children in several slums
of the city of Ahmedabad. It
made me understand better
the factors that influence
the demand and supply of
good quality primary
education. In my master
thesis I did further
research on that topic. As
coordinator of a UNICEF
Learning Programme on Public
Policy, Advocacy and
Partnerships for Children's
Rights I got further
insights into interesting
education policy issues of
the grassroots levels of
various countries. I am
convinced that education
policies need to be analyzed
thoroughly and then
adapted properly to the
needs of the poorer
performing members of our
societies. I
want to further the
academic
insights into policies
that are assuring good
education quality, into
how the benefits of
education are
distributed within and
among societies as well
as into how this effects
the economic development
of different social
groups. In my
dissertation I want to
advance research on the
impact of early
childcare and education
institutions on the
later educational
opportunities of
children from different
social backgrounds. The
main research question
is: What is the impact
of different early
childhood education and
care arrangements on the
strength of family
background effects and
consequently on the
distribution of later
educational attainments?
This research
facilitates the
identification of best
policy strategies for
the provision of equal
educational
opportunities through
ECEC. The main dependent
variable is the
distribution of
educational attainments. |
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