Child Labor, Schooling, and Child Ability

Child Labor, Schooling, and Child Ability

Using data collected in rural Burkina Faso, this paper examines how children's cognitive abilities influence households' decisions to invest in their education. To address the endogeneity of child ability measures, the analysis uses rainf...

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Main Authors: Akresh, Richard, Bagby, Emilie, de Walque, Damien, Kazianga, Harounan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNT
ACHIEVEMENT
ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
AVERAGE SCORE
BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT
BIRTH HISTORY
BIRTH ORDER
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD LABOR
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILDREN UNDER AGE
CHILDRENS EDUCATION
COGNITIVE ABILITY
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
COGNITIVE TESTS
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD YEARS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLLMENT RATES
EPIDEMICS
EXTENDED FAMILY
FAMILY MEMBERS
FORMAL SCHOOLING
GENDER
GENDER BIAS
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER GAP
GIRLS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
INFANCY
INTELLIGENCE
INTERVENTIONS
INTUITION
LOW ENROLLMENT RATES
MODELING
NET ENROLLMENT
OLDER CHILDREN
OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN
PARENTS
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY TRAITS
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
PROBLEM SOLVING
PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
PSYCHOLOGY
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
RISKY BEHAVIORS
SAFETY NETS
SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SOCIAL PROTECTION
TEACHERS
WAR
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNGER CHILDREN
YOUTH
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3250

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3250

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