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Negative economic shocks and child schooling: Evidence from rural Malawi

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  • Asma Hyder
  • Jere R Behrman
  • Hans-Peter Kohler

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This study investigates the impacts of negative economic shocks on child schooling in households of rural Malawi, one of the poorest countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Both individually-reported and community-level shocks are investigated. There is evidence that community-level shocks negatively impact the school enrolment of children. The point estimates suggest that this effect is larger when shocks and school enrolment are reported by men as compared with women. However, we cannot conclude with statistical confidence that the impact of idiosyncratic shocks is larger when reported by males than when reported by females. Similarly, although the point estimates suggest that the impact of community-level shocks on the school enrolment of children is larger than that of idiosyncratic shocks, we cannot conclude with statistical significance that the impacts of community-level and idiosyncratic shocks are different.

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  • Asma Hyder & Jere R Behrman & Hans-Peter Kohler, 2015. "Negative economic shocks and child schooling: Evidence from rural Malawi," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(4), pages 458-476, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:32:y:2015:i:4:p:458-476
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2015.1039707
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    1. M. Jehangir Khan & Wei Yin & Aqsa Anwar, 2020. "Macro Shocks and Child Grade Attainment in Rural Pakistan," PIDE-Working Papers 2020:16, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    2. Dessy, Sylvain & Gninafon, Horace & Tiberti, Luca & Tiberti, Marco, 2023. "Free compulsory education can mitigate COVID-19 disruptions’ adverse effects on child schooling," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    3. Susmita Baulia, 2018. "Is household shock a boon or bane to the utilisation of preventive healthcare for children? Evidence from Uganda," Discussion Papers 121, Aboa Centre for Economics.
    4. Maxwell Fogler, 2025. "Harvests and Hooky in the Hills: Crop Yield Variability and Gendered School Enrollment in Rwanda," Papers 2510.10780, arXiv.org.
    5. Amr Hosny, 2020. "Remittance Concentration and Volatility: Evidence from 72 Developing Countries," International Economic Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(4), pages 553-570, October.
    6. Tennant, Elizabeth J. & Michuda, Aleksandr & Upton, Joanna B. & Chamorro, Andres & Engstrom, Ryan & Mann, Michael L. & Newhouse, David & Weber, Michael & Barrett, Christopher B., 2025. "Nowcasting Disruptions to Human Capital Formation : Evidence from High-Frequency Household and Geospatial Data in Rural Malawi," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11202, The World Bank.

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    • N37 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Africa; Oceania
    • E30 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education

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