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Child Labor, Schooling, and Child Ability

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dc.contributor.authorAkresh, Richard
dc.contributor.authorBagby, Emilie
dc.contributor.authorde Walque, Damien
dc.contributor.authorKazianga, Harounan
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T17:29:06Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T17:29:06Z
dc.date.issued2012-02-01
dc.description.abstractUsing 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 49 percent increase in child labor hours compared with their siblings. Negative education impacts are largest for in utero shocks, diminished for shocks before age two, and have no impact for shocks after age two. The paper links the fetal origins hypothesis and sibling rivalry literatures by showing that shocks experienced in utero not only have direct negative impacts on the child's cognitive ability (fetal origins hypothesis), but also negatively impact the child through the effects on sibling rivalry resulting from the cognitive differences.en
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dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5965
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3250
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5965
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCOUNT
dc.subjectACHIEVEMENT
dc.subjectACHIEVEMENT TESTS
dc.subjectAVERAGE SCORE
dc.subjectBEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectBIRTH HISTORY
dc.subjectBIRTH ORDER
dc.subjectCHILD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR
dc.subjectCHILD NUTRITION
dc.subjectCHILDREN UNDER AGE
dc.subjectCHILDRENS EDUCATION
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE ABILITY
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE TESTS
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD YEARS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subjectENROLLMENT
dc.subjectENROLLMENT RATE
dc.subjectENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subjectEPIDEMICS
dc.subjectEXTENDED FAMILY
dc.subjectFAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subjectFORMAL SCHOOLING
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER BIAS
dc.subjectGENDER DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectINFANCY
dc.subjectINTELLIGENCE
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectINTUITION
dc.subjectLOW ENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subjectMODELING
dc.subjectNET ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectOLDER CHILDREN
dc.subjectOUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPERSONALITY
dc.subjectPERSONALITY TRAITS
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
dc.subjectPROBLEM SOLVING
dc.subjectPROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
dc.subjectPSYCHOLOGY
dc.subjectRETURNS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectRISKY BEHAVIORS
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
dc.subjectSCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subjectSCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectTEACHERS
dc.subjectWAR
dc.subjectYOUNG CHILDREN
dc.subjectYOUNGER CHILDREN
dc.subjectYOUTH
dc.titleChild Labor, Schooling, and Child Abilityen
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okr.crossref.titleChild Labor, Schooling, and Child Ability
okr.date.disclosure2012-02-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:03:13.436219Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
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okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.guid662891468157764055
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5965
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20120209150137
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum15788175
okr.identifier.reportWPS5965
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.topicEducation::Educational Sciences
okr.topicGovernance::Youth and Governance
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume1 of 1
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