Parental Education and Children's Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from Recomposed Families in Rwanda

In this article, I investigate how educational outcomes of orphans are affected by the education of the family members in their new family. The study uses household survey data from Rwanda that contain a large proportion of children living in households without their biological parents. The data als...

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Main Author:	de Walque, Damien
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Analysis of Education I210 Marriage Marital Dissolution Family Structure Domestic Abuse J120 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
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spelling	okr-10986-55992021-04-23T14:02:23Z Parental Education and Children's Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from Recomposed Families in Rwanda de Walque, Damien Analysis of Education I210 Marriage Marital Dissolution Family Structure Domestic Abuse J120 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 In this article, I investigate how educational outcomes of orphans are affected by the education of the family members in their new family. The study uses household survey data from Rwanda that contain a large proportion of children living in households without their biological parents. The data also allow controlling for the educational attainment of the absent biological parents and the type of relationship that links the children to their adoptive families. The results of the analysis suggest that the education of the adoptive parents has a positive impact on the children's schooling. Interestingly, mothers' education matters more for girls, while fathers' education is more important for boys. The results also indicate that placing orphans with their relatives has a positive impact on their schooling. This finding has obvious policy implications for African countries with a large proportion of orphans due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic or to conflicts. 2012-03-30T07:33:37Z 2012-03-30T07:33:37Z 2009 Journal Article Economic Development and Cultural Change 00130079 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5599 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Rwanda
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description	In this article, I investigate how educational outcomes of orphans are affected by the education of the family members in their new family. The study uses household survey data from Rwanda that contain a large proportion of children living in households without their biological parents. The data also allow controlling for the educational attainment of the absent biological parents and the type of relationship that links the children to their adoptive families. The results of the analysis suggest that the education of the adoptive parents has a positive impact on the children's schooling. Interestingly, mothers' education matters more for girls, while fathers' education is more important for boys. The results also indicate that placing orphans with their relatives has a positive impact on their schooling. This finding has obvious policy implications for African countries with a large proportion of orphans due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic or to conflicts.
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title	Parental Education and Children's Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from Recomposed Families in Rwanda
title_short	Parental Education and Children's Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from Recomposed Families in Rwanda
title_full	Parental Education and Children's Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from Recomposed Families in Rwanda
title_fullStr	Parental Education and Children's Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from Recomposed Families in Rwanda
title_full_unstemmed	Parental Education and Children's Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from Recomposed Families in Rwanda
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Parental Education and Children's Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from Recomposed Families in Rwanda

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