Does Parental Disability Matter to Child Education? Evidence from Vietnam

This paper examines the effect of parental disability on school enrollment and educational performance for children in the 2006 Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey. Results from instrumental-variables regressions indicate that children of par...

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Main Authors: Cuong, Nguyen Viet, Mont, Daniel
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling okr-10986-35052021-04-23T14:02:10Z Does Parental Disability Matter to Child Education? Evidence from Vietnam Cuong, Nguyen Viet Mont, Daniel ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ATTENDANCE RATE BIRTH ORDER BRAILLE CHILD EDUCATION CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOUR CHILDHOOD DISABILITY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COGNITIVE DISABILITIES DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISABLED DISABLED ADULTS DISABLED PARENT DISABLED PARENTS DISABLED PEOPLE DISADVANTAGED GROUPS EDUCATION OF CHILDREN EDUCATION OF PARENTS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUALITY ETHNIC MINORITIES ETHNIC MINORITY ETHNIC MINORITY CHILDREN FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALES GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GIRLS HEARING HIGH SCHOOLS HIGHER EDUCATION HOME INCLUSION LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING ACTIVITIES LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVING CONDITIONS LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION MINORITIES MINORITY OLDER CHILDREN PARENT INVOLVEMENT PARENTAL EDUCATION PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT PARENTAL SUPPORT PARENTS EDUCATION PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT REHABILITATION RESIDENCE RURAL AREAS RURAL CHILDREN SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SCHOOLING OF GIRLS SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SELF-CARE SEX SEX BIAS SIGN LANGUAGE SOCIETIES SOCIETY TEACHER TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHERS TEACHING TECHNICAL SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION TUITION UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION VULNERABLE GROUPS WILL This paper examines the effect of parental disability on school enrollment and educational performance for children in the 2006 Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey. Results from instrumental-variables regressions indicate that children of parents with a disability have a lower enrollment rate in primary and secondary school of about 8 percentage points: 73 percent compared with 81 percent. However, the association of parental disability with educational performance is small and not statistically significant. The conclusion of the paper is that to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary school as well as increased coverage of secondary education, the government should have policies and programs that either directly support the education of children with disabled parents and/or have policies that support disabled adults, thus lessening the incentive for their children not to attend school. 2012-03-19T18:03:39Z 2012-03-19T18:03:39Z 2011-08-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110801083520 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3505 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5743 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific East Asia and Pacific Southeast Asia Asia Vietnam
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topic ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
ATTENDANCE RATE
BIRTH ORDER
BRAILLE
CHILD EDUCATION
CHILD LABOR
CHILD LABOUR
CHILDHOOD DISABILITY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
COGNITIVE DISABILITIES
DISABILITIES
DISABILITY
DISABLED
DISABLED ADULTS
DISABLED PARENT
DISABLED PARENTS
DISABLED PEOPLE
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
EDUCATION OF PARENTS
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN
ENROLLMENT RATE
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
EQUALITY
ETHNIC MINORITIES
ETHNIC MINORITY
ETHNIC MINORITY CHILDREN
FAMILIES
FEMALE
FEMALES
GENDER
GENDER EQUALITY
GIRLS
HEARING
HIGH SCHOOLS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HOME
INCLUSION
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
MINORITIES
MINORITY
OLDER CHILDREN
PARENT INVOLVEMENT
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
PARENTAL SUPPORT
PARENTS EDUCATION
PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
REHABILITATION
RESIDENCE
RURAL AREAS
RURAL CHILDREN
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL STUDENTS
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLING OF GIRLS
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SELF-CARE
SEX
SEX BIAS
SIGN LANGUAGE
SOCIETIES
SOCIETY
TEACHER
TEACHER EDUCATION
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TRANSPORTATION
TUITION
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
VULNERABLE GROUPS
WILL
spellingShingle ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
ATTENDANCE RATE
BIRTH ORDER
BRAILLE
CHILD EDUCATION
CHILD LABOR
CHILD LABOUR
CHILDHOOD DISABILITY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
COGNITIVE DISABILITIES
DISABILITIES
DISABILITY
DISABLED
DISABLED ADULTS
DISABLED PARENT
DISABLED PARENTS
DISABLED PEOPLE
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
EDUCATION OF PARENTS
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN
ENROLLMENT RATE
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
EQUALITY
ETHNIC MINORITIES
ETHNIC MINORITY
ETHNIC MINORITY CHILDREN
FAMILIES
FEMALE
FEMALES
GENDER
GENDER EQUALITY
GIRLS
HEARING
HIGH SCHOOLS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HOME
INCLUSION
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
MINORITIES
MINORITY
OLDER CHILDREN
PARENT INVOLVEMENT
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
PARENTAL SUPPORT
PARENTS EDUCATION
PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
REHABILITATION
RESIDENCE
RURAL AREAS
RURAL CHILDREN
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL STUDENTS
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLING OF GIRLS
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SELF-CARE
SEX
SEX BIAS
SIGN LANGUAGE
SOCIETIES
SOCIETY
TEACHER
TEACHER EDUCATION
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TRANSPORTATION
TUITION
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
VULNERABLE GROUPS
WILL
Cuong, Nguyen Viet
Mont, Daniel
Does Parental Disability Matter to Child Education? Evidence from Vietnam
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
East Asia and Pacific
Southeast Asia
Asia
Vietnam
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5743
description This paper examines the effect of parental disability on school enrollment and educational performance for children in the 2006 Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey. Results from instrumental-variables regressions indicate that children of parents with a disability have a lower enrollment rate in primary and secondary school of about 8 percentage points: 73 percent compared with 81 percent. However, the association of parental disability with educational performance is small and not statistically significant. The conclusion of the paper is that to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary school as well as increased coverage of secondary education, the government should have policies and programs that either directly support the education of children with disabled parents and/or have policies that support disabled adults, thus lessening the incentive for their children not to attend school.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Cuong, Nguyen Viet
Mont, Daniel
author_facet Cuong, Nguyen Viet
Mont, Daniel
author_sort Cuong, Nguyen Viet
title Does Parental Disability Matter to Child Education? Evidence from Vietnam
title_short Does Parental Disability Matter to Child Education? Evidence from Vietnam
title_full Does Parental Disability Matter to Child Education? Evidence from Vietnam
title_fullStr Does Parental Disability Matter to Child Education? Evidence from Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed Does Parental Disability Matter to Child Education? Evidence from Vietnam
title_sort does parental disability matter to child education? evidence from vietnam
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110801083520
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