title: Negative economic shocks and child schooling: Evidence from Rural Malawi.
abstract: This study investigates the impacts of negative economic shocks on child schooling in households of rural Malawi, one of the poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Both individually-reported and community-level shocks are investigated. There is evidence that community level shocks negatively impact the school enrolment of children. The point estimates suggest that this effect is larger when shocks and school enrollment are reported by men as compared to women. But we cannot conclude with statistical confidence that the impact of idiosyncratic shocks is larger when reported by males than when reported by females. Similarly, although the point estimates suggest that the impact of community level shocks on the school enrolment of children is larger than that of idiosyncratic shocks, we cannot conclude with statistical significance that the impacts of community-level and idiosyncratic shocks are different.
authors.affiliation: Karachi School for Business & Leadership, Karachi School for Business & Leadership, National Stadium Road, Opp. Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi - 74800, Pakistan, UAN: (92 21) 111 11 KSBL (5725), PABX: (92 21) 34855382 Ext: 701, , asma.baloch@ksbl.org , URL: www.ksbl.edu.pk.
authors.forename: Asma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hyder
authors.affiliation: William R, Kenan, Jr Professor of Economics and Sociology and Research Associate, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, USA., jbehrman@econ.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Jere R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Behrman
authors.affiliation: Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography, Sociology Department, Research Associate, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, USA., hpkohler@pop.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Hans-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Kohler
keywords: Africa; child schooling; economic shocks