Child Labor, Schooling, and Child Ability.

Using data collected in rural Burkina Faso, this working paper examines how children's cognitive abilities influence households' decisions to invest in their education. The analysis uses variations in rainfall experienced in utero or early childhood to measure ability. It finds that rainfall shocks experienced in utero have direct negative impacts on a child's education and increase labor hours compared with the child's siblings.

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Year of publication:	2012-02-28
Authors:	Akresh, Richard ; Bagby, Emilie ; Walque, Daien de ; Kazianga, Harounan
Institutions:	Mathematica Policy Research
Subject:	Child Labor \| Schooling \| Child Ability \| International

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Extent:	text/html
Series:	Mathematica Policy Research Reports.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	4 pages long
Classification:	F - International Economics ; Z - Other Special Topics ; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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