Do aggregate economic shocks, such as those caused by macroeconomic crises or droughts, reduce child human capital? The answer to this question has important implications for public policy. If shocks reduce investments in children, they may transmit poverty from one generation to the next. This paper uses a simple framework to analyze the effects of aggregate economic shocks on child schooling and health. It shows that the expected effects are ambiguous...
更多显示
详细
-
2008/08/01
-
政策研究报告
-
WPS4701
-
1
-
1
-
2010/07/01
-
Disclosed
-
Aggregate economic shocks, child schooling and child health
-
public expenditure on health