Abstract
This paper provides
strong evidence that adult mortality has a negative impact on children
educational outcomes, both over the short and the long run, in rural
Madagascar. The underlying longitudinal data and the
difference-in-differences strategy used overcome most of the previous
cross-sectional study limitations, such as failure to control for child
and household pre-death characteristics and unobserved heterogeneity.
This paper also pays special attention to the heterogeneity, robustness,
and long-run persistence of effects. Results show that orphans are on
average 10 pp less likely to attend school than their nonorphaned
counterparts, this effect being even more pronounced for girls and young
children from poorer households. Results on adults further show that
those orphaned during childhood eventually completed less education.
These findings suggest that not only do households suffering unexpected
shocks resort to schooling adjustments as an immediate risk-coping
strategy, but also that adversity has long-lasting effects on human
capital accumulation.
http://link.springer.com/journal/148/27/2/page/1
http://link.springer.com/journal/148/27/2/page/1
Migration, Remittances and Schooling Decisions within the Household: Evidence from Innovative Surveys in Senegal and Madagascar
JN Senne - 2013 - dial.ird.fr
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