Summary In this paper we use data from a unique survey conducted in the aftermath of the 1998 floods in Bangladesh to examine how the household shock-child labor relationship is affected by credit receipts of households. Adopting the ratio of assets lost due to the floods as a likely exogenous...

This paper examines the effects of sibling composition on children's school attendance and participation in market and domestic work in Ethiopia. The major finding is that earlier-born males in rural areas are more likely to attend school than their younger siblings. A similar effect is apparent...

This paper examines the effects of aid on sources of growth: capital accumulation and total factor productivity (TFP) growth; the latter captures the effect on growth after removing the contribution of factor accumulation. Given the role of TFP in explaining cross-country differences in income...