This paper investigates the relationship between parental health shocks and children's engagement in education and … health on children's educational and labour market outcomes is limited, especially in developing countries. We use child … maternal illness substantially decreases chances of being enrolled in school for children between 10 and 23 years old and, at …

level learning assessment, involving children in selected grades from second to tenth. We first analyse the magnitude of the … the average gap increases with children's age. We then study the gender gap throughout the test scores distribution, using … distribution, but large among top performing children. Finally, we estimate dynamic models relating math performance at two …

mental wellbeing. These gender differences are more pronounced in lower-income families. Our results are consistent with …