Impact of Microfinance on Schooling: Evidence from Poor Rural Households in Bolivia

Jorge Maldonado and Claudio González-Vega

World Development, 2008, vol. 36, issue 11, 2440-2455

Abstract: Summary Channels for the influence of microfinance programs on a rural household's demand for schooling are identified: income growth, risk management, child-labor demand, gender empowerment, and parent information. Within a random-utility framework, a model of household consumption, investment in education, and borrowing suggests determinants at the individual, household and regional levels of the probability of schooling gaps. Using data from two surveys of households of clients of microfinance organizations in Bolivia, regression models examine determinants of schooling gaps. Inferences about otherwise positive microfinance impacts identify potential negative effects of increased child-labor demand, which challenge usual assumptions and pose dilemmas for policymakers.

Keywords: Latin; America; Bolivia; microfinance; impact; schooling; gaps; child; labor; rural; households (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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