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Schooling and Parental Death

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  • Paul Gertler

    (University of Caifornia, Berkeley and NBER)

  • David Levine

    (Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley)

  • Minnie Ames

    (Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley)

Abstract

Loss of a parent is one of the most traumatic events a child can face. If loss of a parent reduces investments in children, it can also have long-lasting implications. This study uses parametric and semi-nonparametric matching techniques to estimate how one human capital investment, school enrollment, is affected by a parent's recent death. We analyze data from 600,000 households from Indonesia's National Socioeconomic Survey (SUSENAS) during 1994-96. We find a parent's recent death has a large effect on a child's enrollment. We also use this shock to test several theories of intra-household allocation and find little differential treatment based on the gender of the child or the deceased parent.

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  • Paul Gertler & David Levine & Minnie Ames, 2003. "Schooling and Parental Death," Center for International and Development Economics Research, Working Paper Series 1044, Center for International and Development Economics Research, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
    • Handle: RePEc:cdl:ciders:1044
    Note: oai:cdlib1:iber/cider-1044
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