The Heterogeneous Effects of a Food Price Crisis on Child School Enrollment and Labor : Evidence from Pakistan

Using a panel survey, this paper investigates how the increase in food prices in Pakistan in 2008-2010 affected children's school enrollment and labor. The causal identification relies on geographical variations in the price of food (wheat). T...

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Main Authors: Hou, Xiaohui, Hong, Seo Yeon
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18096274/heterogeneous-effects-food-price-crisis-child-school-enrollment-labor-evidence-pakistan
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15997

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