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Parental Investments During Labor Shocks: Evidence from Vietnam’s Marine Disaster

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  • Chan Eric W.

    (1445 Babson College , Wellesley, MA 02457, USA)

  • Nguyen Luong

    (University of Maryland – College Park, College Park, MD 20742, USA)

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We examine the impacts of a marine environmental disaster on parents’ educational investments in the context of Vietnam. Previous research finds that the disaster caused a labor shock in the fishing industry, a primary source of income for workers in the area studied. Using administrative data and a difference-in-differences framework, we find that parents in affected provinces decreased educational investments by 29 % during the four years after the disaster. In households with male and female children of compulsory schooling age, we estimate that affected families spent approximately 5–6 % less on educational expenditures for girls than boys in affected provinces after the disaster.

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  • Chan Eric W. & Nguyen Luong, 2025. "Parental Investments During Labor Shocks: Evidence from Vietnam’s Marine Disaster," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 25(2), pages 389-411.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejeap:v:25:y:2025:i:2:p:389-411:n:1004
    DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2024-0046
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    Keywords

    human capital; parental investments; education; disasters; labor shocks;
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    JEL classification:

    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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