The Heterogeneous Effects of a Food Price Crisis on Child School Enrolment and Labour : Evidence from Pakistan

Using a panel survey, this paper investigates how food price increases in Pakistan in 2008–2010 affect children’s school enrollment and labor. The causal identification relies on the geographical variations in food (wheat) price. The results show that the negative impacts of food price increase on s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hou, Xiaohui, Hong, Seo Yeon, Scott, Kinnon
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23558