region of Northwestern Tanzania. The paper studies a sample of 718 non-orphaned children surveyed in 1991-94, who were traced … and re-interviewed as adults in 2004. A large proportion, 19 percent, lost one or more parents before the age of 15 in … children whose mother survived till at least their 15th birthday. …

The impact of macroeconomic crises on parents' investments in the human capital of their children is a widely contested … employment decisions made by urban school-age children. He arrives at two basic findings: First, the crisis had no effect on the … attendance rates of school-age children. But the share of children who were both employed and in school fell significantly during …

families didn't receive the money. It may be that teachers need better training to address the needs of low-income students, or … performance, to see whether this incentive encourages students (and their parents) to pay more attention to learning. As part of … this, researchers would have to consider what support low-income households might need to monitor and assist their children …

the male and female heads. Because the impact of both parents' human capital on the labor status and schooling of children … general, and different specific preferences for the outcomes for their children depending on the gender of the child, the …

region of northwestern Tanzania. We study a sample of 718 non-orphaned children surveyed in 1991-1994 who were traced and … reinterviewed as adults in 2004. A large proportion, 19%, lost one or more parents before age 15 in this period, allowing us to … expenditure, the result is a gap of 8.5% compared with similar children whose mothers survived until at least their 15th birthday. …

-specific, this difference will be shown to be driven by birth planning. Children born in auspicious years are more likely to have …

Because credit and insurance markets are imperfect and intrafamily transfers and how children use their time outside …

substantial and heterogeneous employment responses that increased average income despite reduced transfers. We find zero effects …

enrolment rates. Instrumental variable estimates show that the effect of household income on children's school enrolment is much …I analyze the impact of food price inflation on parental decisions to send their children to school. Moreover, I use … the fact that food crop farmers and cotton farmers were exposed differently to that shock to estimate the income …