significantly increased. Despite the removal of school fees in 2006, the households still withdrew their children from school after …

and employment decisions made by urban school-age children. He arrives at two basic findings: • First, the crisis had no … effect on the attendance rates of school-age children. But the share of children who were both employed and in school fell … time available and may therefore put more effort into school. He concludes with a discussion of the implications of his …