Big Sisters (English)

This paper models household investments in young children when parents and older siblings share caregiving responsibilities and when investments by older siblings contribute to young children's human capital accumulation. To test the predictions of the model, the paper estimates the impact of having one older sister (as opposed to one older brother) on early childhood development in a sample of rural Kenyan households with otherwise similar family...

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Jakiela,Pamela;

Ozier,Owen;

Fernald,Lia C.;

Knauer,Heather Ashley;
Document Date
2020/10/27
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9454
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Kenya,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2020/10/27
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Big Sisters
Keywords
human capital

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Jakiela,Pamela; Ozier,Owen; Fernald,Lia C.; Knauer,Heather Ashley.

Big Sisters (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9454 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/384181603738785852

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