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Birth Order Effects on Educational Attainment and Child Labour: Evidence from Lesotho

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  • Ramaele Moshoeshoe

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This paper examines the e ffect of birth order on educational attainment and child labour in Lesotho. Using family fixed eff ects models, I find robust negative birth order eff ects on educational attainment and child labour. The birth order e ffects on educational attainment are in sharp contrast with the evidence from many other developing countries such […]

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  • Ramaele Moshoeshoe, 2016. "Birth Order Effects on Educational Attainment and Child Labour: Evidence from Lesotho," Working Papers 621, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    Keywords

    Discrimination; Education; Healthcare; Labour Market;
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    JEL classification:

    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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