Food Price Inflation and Children's Schooling

Michael Grimm

No 844, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: I analyze the impact of food price inflation on parental decisions to send their children to school. Moreover, I use the fact that food crop farmers and cotton farmers were exposed differently to that shock to estimate the income elasticity of school enrolment. The results suggest that the shock-induced loss in purchasing power had an immediate effect on enrolment rates. Instrumental variable estimates show that the effect of household income on children's school enrolment is much larger than a simple OLS regression would suggest. Hence, policies to expand education in Sub-Saharan Africa, should not neglect the demand side.

Keywords: Education; Household Income; Inflation; Aggregate Shocks; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 O12 Q12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 p.
Date: 2008
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