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The 1987-89 Locust Plague in Mali: Evidences of the Heterogeneous Impact of Income Shocks on Education Outcomes
Vreyer, Philippe De; Guilbert, Nathalie; Mesplé-Somps, … - DIAL - 2012
indicateurs d’éducation. En mobilisant des données exhaustives de recensement de la population, nous construisons des cohortes d …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010581408
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The impact of income shocks on children education: the 1987-1989 locust plague in Mali
Guilbert, Nathalie; de Vreyer, Philippe; Mesplé-Somps, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
in rural areas. Concerning the number of years of education and the probability to achieve primary school, no real impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707118
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The 1987-1989 Locust Plague in Mali: Evidences of the Heterogeneous Impact of Income Shocks on Education Outcomes
de Vreyer, Philippe; Guilbert, Nathalie; Mesplé-Somps, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
This paper estimates the long run impact of a large income shock, by exploiting the regional variation of the 1987-1989 locust invasion in Mali. Using exhaustive Population Census data, we construct birth cohorts of individuals and compare those born and living in the years and villages affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707607
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The impact of income shocks on children education: the 1987-1989 locust plague in Mali.
MESPLE-SOMPS, Sandrine; DE VREYER, Philippe; GUILBERT, … - Université Paris-Dauphine
in rural areas. Concerning the number of years of education and the probability to achieve primary school, no real impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009143529
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Is Functional Literacy a Prerequesite for Entering the Labor Market? An Analysis of the Determinants of Adult Literacy and Earnings in Ghana.
Blunch, N.-H.; Verner, D. - School of Economics and Management, Institut for Økonomi - 2000
negatively correlated, suggesting that efforts at strengthening the supply and quality of basic education programs in recent …. Parents' education is positively associated with literacy. Distance to the nearest primary school, residency in a rural area …, which may partly explain the lack of return to education other than middle school and technical/professional training. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487186
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CIVIL WAR EXPOSURE AND SCHOOL ENROLMENT:EVIDENCE FROM THE MOZAMBICAN CIVIL WAR
Domingues, Patrick - Network of European Peace Scientists - NEPS - 2011
Using a new database on the Mozambican Civil War, this paper utilises the heterogeneity of the duration of conflict across the Mozambican provinces to assess its impact on school enrolment. The results indicate that only conflict exposure during the first seven years of life reduced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644975
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Does malaria control impact education? A study of the Global Fund in Africa.
Kuecken, Maria; Thuilliez, Josselin; Valfort, Marie-Anne - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2013
We examine the middle-run effects of the Global Fund's malaria control programs on the educational attainment of primary schoolchildren in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using a quasi-experimental approach, we exploit geographic variation in pre-campaign malaria prevalence (malaria ecology) and variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010703385
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Cost and Financing of Primary Education. Option for Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Mehrotra, S.; Vandemoortele, J. - Department of Economics, University of California-Los … - 1997
deficits down, the education budget will remain constrained in most countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005664307
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Does Corruption Matter for Informal Sector Economic Performance? Microdata Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Lavallée, Emmanuelle; Roubaud, François - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011228194
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LEARNING-BY-EXPORTING AND DESTINATION EFFECTS: EVIDENCE FROM AFRICAN SMEs
BOERMANS, Martijn Adriaan - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 13 (2013) 2, pp. 149-168
Exports, in this study, are more productive than non-exports, but why? Using a micro-panel dataset from five African countries we show that more productive small and medium enterprises (SMEs) self-select into exporting. Ultimately we are interested in impact of exporting on productivity. Results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693479