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). The results show that the negative impacts of food price increase on school enrollment differ by gender, economic status, and the presence of siblings. The negative effects on school do not directly correspond...
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2013/08/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS6566
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2013/08/01
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The heterogeneous effects of a food price crisis on child school enrollment and labor : evidence from Pakistan
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wheat price