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Human capital, household welfare, and children's schooling in Mozambique:

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  • Handa, Sudhanshu
  • Simler, Kenneth R.
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  • Handa, Sudhanshu & Simler, Kenneth R. & Harrower, Sarah, 2004. "Human capital, household welfare, and children's schooling in Mozambique:," Research reports 134, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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    3. Kristjanson, Patricia & Radeny, Maren & Baltenweck, Isabelle & Ogutu, Joseph & Notenbaert, An, 2005. "Livelihood mapping and poverty correlates at a meso-level in Kenya," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 30(5-6), pages 568-583.
    4. Siddiqua Alibhai & Haroon Jamal & Dr Qazi Masood Ahmed, 2023. "Gender Inequality in Education - Determinants of Girls' Enrolment at the Primary, Middle & Secondary/High School Level," Social Inequality Lab Working Paper Series wpsil4, School of Economics and Social Sciences, IBA Karachi.
    5. World Bank, 2008. "Mozambique - Beating the Odds : Sustaining Inclusion in a Growing Economy - A Mozambique Poverty, Gender, and Social Assessment, Volume 1. Main Report," World Bank Publications - Reports 7981, The World Bank Group.
    6. Aeggarchat Sirisankanan, 2017. "Household Risks and Household Human Capital Investment: Longitudinal Evidence from Thailand," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 29(2), pages 493-511, April.
    7. Magnus Lindelow, 2008. "Health as a Family Matter: Do Intra-household Education Externalities Matter for Maternal and Child Health?," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(4), pages 562-585, April.
    8. Burchi, Francesco, 2010. "Child nutrition in Mozambique in 2003: The role of mother's schooling and nutrition knowledge," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 8(3), pages 331-345, December.
    9. Kolawole Ogundari & Adebayo B Aromolaran, 2014. "Impact of Education on Household Welfare in Nigeria," International Economic Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(2), pages 345-364, June.
    10. Abafita, Jemal & Kim, Kyung-Ryang, 2014. "Determinants of Household Food Security in Rural Ethiopia: An Empirical Analysis," Journal of Rural Development/Nongchon-Gyeongje, Korea Rural Economic Institute, vol. 37(2), pages 1-29.
    11. Mather, David, 2011. "Working-Age Adult Mortality, Orphan Status, and Child Schooling in Rural Mozambique," Food Security International Development Working Papers 119320, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.

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