margin) as well as participation in education and labour activities (the extensive margin). We find robust evidence that … across children to minimize its impact on formal education. …

scarce, parental investments in their children's education may not be driven entirely by poverty and credit constraints. We … offer evidence from India that higher returns to primary education increase schooling and decrease idleness but have a … poor to respond to the economic benefits of education. Implementing policies that raise the economic benefits of education …