Working Paper

Childhood shocks, safety nets and cognitive skills: Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia

author(s) Berhane, Guush - Abay, Mehari Hiluf - Woldehanna, Tassew
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

Berhane, Guush; Abay, Mehari Hiluf; Woldehanna, Tassew, 'Childhood shocks, safety nets and cognitive skills: Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia', International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI), Washington, D.C.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015

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Abstract

Using child-level panel data from rural areas of Ethiopia, this paper analyzes effects of both economic and non-economic shocks on child cognition skills measured after the early childhood age window.

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