This study uses household-level panel data from a nationally representative survey to estimate the effect of agricultural productivity shocks—as proxied by exogenous annual rainfall deviations—on education expenditures and children’s work status in rural India. We find that a transitory increase in rainfall significantly reduces education expenditures and increases the likelihood of child labor across multipleLire la suite “Here Comes the Rain Again: Productivity Shocks, Educational Investments and Child Work”
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Less debt, more schooling? Evidence from cross-country micro data
Soaring levels of public debt in low-income countries are fuelling concerns about their ability to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, such as free access to primary education. In the late 1990s and 2000s, international financial institutions introduced a series of debt relief initiatives aimed to restore debt sustainability among highly indebted countries. This study examinesLire la suite “Less debt, more schooling? Evidence from cross-country micro data”