Land Certification and Schooling in Rural Ethiopia

Heather Congdon Fors, Kenneth Houngbedji and Annika Lindskog

No 628, Working Papers in Economics from University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of a rural land certification program on school- ing in two zones of the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Using the variation in the timing of the arrival of the program at the local level, we investigate the link be- tween land tenure security, schooling and child labor. The results show a positive effect of improved land rights on school enrollment for all children in one of the zones studied, and for oldest sons in the other. Grade progress of oldest sons, who are most likely to inherit the land, worsens.

Keywords: Schooling; Child labor; Land administration; Property rights; Ethiopia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 O15 Q15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2015-09, Revised 2017-09
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Journal Article: Land certification and schooling in rural Ethiopia (2019)
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