Child labor, schooling, and child ability (English)

Using data collected in rural Burkina Faso, this paper examines how children's cognitive abilities influence households' decisions to invest in their education. To address the endogeneity of child ability measures, the analysis uses rainfall shocks experienced in utero or early childhood to instrument for ability. Negative shocks in utero lead to 0.24 standard deviations lower ability z-scores, corresponding with a 38 percent enrollment drop and a...

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Akresh,Richard;

Bagby,Emilie;

De Walque,Damien B. C. M.;

Kazianga,Harounan;
Document Date
2012/02/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS5965
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2012/02/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Child labor, schooling, and child ability
Keywords
child labor

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Akresh,Richard; Bagby,Emilie; De Walque,Damien B. C. M.; Kazianga,Harounan.

Child labor, schooling, and child ability (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5965 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/662891468157764055

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