Aggregate Economic Shocks, Child Schooling and Child Health

Do aggregate economic shocks, such as those caused by macroeconomic crises or droughts, reduce child human capital? The answer to this question has important implications for public policy. If shocks reduce investments in children, they may transmi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Schady, Norbert
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
CD
GDP
LAM
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/08/9794819/aggregate-economic-shocks-child-schooling-child-health
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6790