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Family Income and Child Outcomes: The 1990 Cocoa Price Shock in Cote d’Ivoire

Cogneau, Denis; Jedwab, Rémi - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008

We study the drastic cut of the administered cocoa producer price in 1990 Cote d’Ivoire and investigate the extent to which cocoa producers’ children suﬀered from this severe income shock in terms of school enrollment, increased labor, height stature and sickness. Comparing pre-crisis...

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Family income and child outcomes: the 1990 cocoa price shock in Cote d’Ivoire

Cogneau, Denis; Jedwab, Rémi - DIAL - 2008

We study the drastic cut of the administered cocoa producer price in 1990 Cote d’Ivoire and investigate the extent to which cocoa producers’ children suffered from this severe income shock in terms of school enrollment, increased labor, height stature and sickness. Comparing pre-crisis...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094529

Chapter 3. Field Experiments in Education in Developing Countries

Muralidharan, K. - 2017

The study of education in developing countries has been transformed by the rapid increase in the feasibility and … broad range of research questions regarding education in developing countries that have been addressed using field … education. The main goal for this chapter is to serve as a reference for students, researchers, and practitioners by summarizing …

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Tourism and Economic Development: A Survey

Sinclair, M. Thea - School of Economics, University of Kent - 1997

comprehensive survey of the literature on tourism and economic development, identifying both the contribution that tourism can make … to development and the costs that it entails. Single equation and system of equations models which have been used to …

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Back to the 'normal' level of human-capital driven growth? A note on early numeracy in Korea, China and Japan, 1550 - 1800

Baten, Joerg; Sohn, Kitae - 2013

-determined by their early numeracy development. …

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Impoverished, but Numerate? Early Numeracy in East Asia (1550–1800) and its Impact on 20th and 21st Century Economic Growth

Baten, Jörg; Sohn, Kitae - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper first draws on a unique data set, hojok (household registers), to estimate numeracy levels in Korea from the period 1550–1630. We add evidence from Japan and China from the early modern period until 1800 to obtain a human capital estimate for East Asia. We find that numeracy was...

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Back to the 'normal' level of human-capital driven growth? A note on early numeracy in Korea, China and Japan, 1550 - 1800

Baten, Joerg; Sohn, Kitae - Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät, … - 2013

-determined by their early numeracy development. …

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Education and Freedom of Choice: Evidence from Arranged Marriages in Vietnam

Smith, Stephen C.; Emran, M. Shahe; Maret, Fenohasina - Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), … - 2009

Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the causal effects of education on freedom of spouse choice … is 6-7 percentage points). The impact of education is strong for women, but much weaker for men. …

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Childhood migration and educational attainment: Evidence from Indonesia

Schwank, Hanna M. - 2024

Millions of families migrate every year in search of better opportunities. Whether these opportunities materialize for the children brought with them depends on the quality of the destination that their parents selected. Exploiting variation in the age of migration, I analyze the impact of...

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Human Capital Persistence and Development

Rocha, Rudi; Ferraz do Amaral, Claudio A.; Soares, … - 2015

This paper examines the role of human capital persistence in explaining long-term development. We exploit variation …

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