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Child Ability and Household Human Capital Investment Decisions in Burkina Faso

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dc.contributor.authorAkresh, Richard
dc.contributor.authorBagby, Emilie
dc.contributor.authorde Walque, Damien
dc.contributor.authorKazianga, Harounan
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T18:41:00Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T18:41:00Z
dc.date.issued2010-07-01
dc.description.abstractUsing data they collected in rural Burkina Faso, the authors examine how children's cognitive abilities influence resource constrained households' decisions to invest in their education. This paper uses a direct measure of child ability for all primary school-aged children, regardless of current school enrollment. The analysis explicitly incorporates direct measures of the ability of each child s siblings (both absolute and relative measures) to show how sibling rivalry exerts an impact on the parents decision of whether and how much to invest in their child s education. The findings indicate that children with one standard deviation higher own ability are 16 percent more likely to be currently enrolled, while having a higher ability sibling lowers current enrollment by 16 percent and having two higher ability siblings lowers enrollment by 30 percent. The results are robust to addressing the potential reverse causality of schooling influencing child ability measures and using alternative cognitive tests to measure ability.en
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dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5370
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3854
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5370
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.subjectBIOLOGICAL CHILDREN
dc.subjectBIRTH ORDER
dc.subjectCHILD EDUCATION
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR
dc.subjectCHILD SURVIVAL
dc.subjectCHILDREN START SCHOOL
dc.subjectCHILDREN UNDER AGE
dc.subjectCLASS SIZE
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE ABILITY
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE TESTS
dc.subjectCOURT
dc.subjectDESCENT
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATION DECISIONS
dc.subjectEDUCATION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subjectENROLLMENT
dc.subjectENROLLMENT RATE
dc.subjectEQUALITY
dc.subjectEXTENDED FAMILY
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subjectFAMILY STRUCTURE
dc.subjectFEMALE
dc.subjectFORMAL SCHOOLING
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER DIFFERENCE
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectGENDERS
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectHIGHER ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectHOME
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectINEQUALITIES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINTELLIGENCE
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectLOW ENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subjectMODELING
dc.subjectOLDER CHILDREN
dc.subjectONLY CHILDREN
dc.subjectPERCEPTION
dc.subjectPERSONALITY
dc.subjectPERSONALITY TRAITS
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL AGE
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
dc.subjectPROBLEM SOLVING
dc.subjectPROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
dc.subjectPSYCHOLOGY
dc.subjectREGISTRATION FEES
dc.subjectRETURNS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectRISKY BEHAVIORS
dc.subjectSCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subjectSCHOOL SUPPLIES
dc.subjectSCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectTEACHERS
dc.subjectTEXTBOOKS
dc.subjectWILL
dc.subjectWIVES
dc.subjectWORKING MEMORY
dc.subjectYOUNG CHILD
dc.subjectYOUNG CHILDREN
dc.subjectYOUNGER CHILDREN
dc.subjectYOUNGER SIBLINGS
dc.titleChild Ability and Household Human Capital Investment Decisions in Burkina Fasoen
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.crossref.titleChild Ability And Household Human Capital Investment Decisions In Burkina Faso
okr.date.disclosure2010-07-21
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:46:07.520208Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
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okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.guid739461468017054901
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5370
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20100721092322
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum12569254
okr.identifier.reportWPS5370
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryBurkina Faso
okr.region.geographicalWest Africa
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
okr.region.geographicalSahel
okr.sectorEducation :: General education sector
okr.topicEducation::Educational Sciences
okr.topicGovernance::Youth and Governance
okr.topicGender::Gender and Law
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.unitDECRG: Human Development (DECHD)
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