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Does Famine Matter For Aggregate Adolescent Human Capital Acquisition In Sub-Saharan Africa?

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  • Gregory N. Price
  • Julius A. Agbor

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To the extent that in utero and childhood malnutrition negatively affects later stage mental and physical health, it can possibly constrain later stage human capital acquisition, which is an important driver of economic growth. This paper considers the impact of famine on aggregate adolescent human capital formation in Sub-Saharan Africa. We parameterize a joint adolescent […]

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  • Gregory N. Price & Julius A. Agbor, 2012. "Does Famine Matter For Aggregate Adolescent Human Capital Acquisition In Sub-Saharan Africa?," Working Papers 320, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:320
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    1. Arne Bigsten, 2018. "Determinants of the Evolution of Inequality in Africa," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 27(1), pages 127-148.
    2. Gregory N. Price, 2019. "Does Productivity in the Formal Food Sector Drive Human Ebola Virus Infections in Sub‐Saharan Africa?," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 31(2), pages 167-178, June.

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    Keywords

    capital - human; food security; Sub-Saharan Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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