Biological versus foster children education: the old-age support motive as a catch-up determinant? Some evidence from Indonesia

Karine Marazyan

Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne from Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne

Abstract: This paper aims at explaining differences in education among foster-children and between foster and biological children in developing countries. Foster-children whose biological parents are alive may provide old-age support for both their host and biological parents. Therefore foster-children have lower returns to education than biological children and should receive less human capital investment in household where both types of children live together. However, in households where foster-children are alone, host parents will over-invest in their education to ensure that the expected old-age support will equal a minimum amount to survive. Using data from Indonesia, we provide some evidence supporting our hypothesis

Keywords: Household structure; child fostering; sibling rivalry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 J1 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2008-07
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Related works:
Working Paper: Explaining Differences in Education between Foster Children and Biological Children: a Sibling Rivalry Approach. Some Evidence from Indonesia (2009)
Working Paper: Biological versus Foster Children Education: the Old-Age Support Motive as a Catch-up Determinant ? Some Evidence from Indonesia (2008)
Working Paper: Biological versus Foster Children Education: the Old-Age Support Motive as a Catch-up Determinant ? Some Evidence from Indonesia (2008)
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