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Impact of income shock on children’s schooling and labor in a West African country
Fatoke Dato, Mafaïzath A. - 2015
This study measures the impact of a flood in 2010 in Benin on children’s schooling and labor. The data used are the … significantly increased. Despite the removal of school fees in 2006, the households still withdrew their children from school after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286026
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Learning About the Enforcement of Conditional Welfare Programs : Evidence from Brazil
Brollo, Fernanda - 2017
We study the implementation of Bolsa Familia, a program that conditions cash transfers to poor families on children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959064
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Learning about the enforcement of conditional welfare programs : evidence from Brazil
Brollo, Fernanda; Kaufmann, Katja; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2017
We study the implementation of Bolsa Familia, a program that conditions cash transfers to poor families on children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636364
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The effects of household shocks on children’s schooling in Tanzania
Kauky, Monica S.; Lokina, Razack Bakari; Chegere, Martin - In: Tanzania economic review : TER 11 (2021) 2, pp. 57-80
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013165072
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Early Life Environment and Racial Inequality in Education and Earnings in the United States
Chay, Kenneth Y. - 2014
Chay, Guryan and Mazumder (2009) found substantial racial convergence in AFQT and NAEP scores across cohorts born in the 1960's and early 1970's that was concentrated among blacks in the South. We demonstrated a close tracking between variation in the test score convergence across states and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458126
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Effects of Adult Health Interventions at Scale on Children's Schooling : Evidence from Antiretroviral Therapy in Zambia
Lucas, Adrienne M. - 2016
In 2007, approximately one in five children in Zambia lived with an HIV positive adult. We identify the effect of adult … antiretroviral therapy (ART) availability at scale on children's educational outcomes by combining data on the expansion of ART … the availability of ART increased the likelihood that children in households with HIV positive household heads started …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980197
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Early Life Environment and Racial Inequality in Education and Earnings in the United States
Chay, Kenneth Y. - 2014
Chay, Guryan and Mazumder (2009) found substantial racial convergence in AFQT and NAEP scores across cohorts born in the 1960s and early 1970s that was concentrated among blacks in the South. We demonstrated a close tracking between variation in the test score convergence across states and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039967
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Early Life Environment and Racial Inequality in Education and Earnings in the United States
Chay, Kenneth Y. - 2014
Chay, Guryan and Mazumder (2009) found substantial racial convergence in AFQT and NAEP scores across cohorts born in the 1960's and early 1970's that was concentrated among blacks in the South. We demonstrated a close tracking between variation in the test score convergence across states and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046176
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The Value of Mandating Maternal Education in a Developing Country
Dursun, Bahadir - 2017
extended the duration of mandatory schooling from 5 to 8 years, to address the endogeneity of maternal education to children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455189
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Effects of Adult Health Interventions at Scale on Children's Schooling : Evidence from Antiretroviral Therapy in Zambia
Lucas, Adrienne M. - 2016
In 2007, approximately one in five children in Zambia lived with an HIV positive adult. We identify the effect of adult … antiretroviral therapy (ART) availability at scale on children's educational outcomes by combining data on the expansion of ART … the availability of ART increased the likelihood that children in households with HIV positive household heads started …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455913