In this paper, the relationship between the school attendance decision and economic incentives is investigated using data from Zambia. A logit model for school attendance is estimated, and it is found that school attendance is not particularly sensitive to changes in costs, quality, or poverty....

During the recession in the 1970s and 1980s in less-developed countries in general and in Zambia in specific, private costs of schooling increased and school quality deteriorated. Combined with poverty, these changes may have damaged the demand for primary education. This observation motivated a...

This paper examines how skills are shaped by social interactions in families. We show that older siblings causally affect younger sibling's education choices and early career earnings. We focus on critical course choices in high school and overcome the identification challenges of estimating...