, affects children's school enrolment and work participation in rural Colombia. In our empirical specification we use household … income reduction associated with it, whereas for girls, changes in the household decision-maker appear to play an important …

, strongly suggests that the channel through which departure affects children is through reducing income. It also highlights the …This paper investigates how the permanent departure of the father from the household affects children's school … enrolment and work participation in rural Colombia. Our results show that departure of the father decreases children's school …

increases in household food consumption, particularly of protein-rich foods by children. The increased household consumption is …

the main source of random variation in the propensity to have more children, and estimates causal effects using …