Do household income shocks affect school attendance in rural areas?: a case study of Madagascar
By: Gubert F & Robilliard A
Published by: Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme (DIAL) , 2006
Via: Eldis
This paper explores the relationship between household income shocks in agriculture and school attendance in the context of rural Madagascar. The paper examines the possibility that parents obtain informal income insurance by letting their children work. This hypothesis is tested by examining the relationship between household income shocks and human capital investment in children. In particular, the paper investigates whether children’s tendency to join school and to drop out of school responds to transient shocks. It also investigates issues such as gender and intra household resource allocation.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
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