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The Heterogeneous Effects of a Food Price Crisis on Child School Enrollment and Labor : Evidence from Pakistan

Using a panel survey, this paper investigates how the increase in food prices in Pakistan in 2008-2010 affected children's school enrollment and labor. The causal identification relies on geographical variations in the price of food (wheat). T...

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Main Authors:	Hou, Xiaohui, Hong, Seo Yeon
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AFFECTED CHILDREN AGE COHORT AGE GROUPS BASIC NEEDS BEVERAGES CHILD EDUCATION CHILD LABOR CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COST OF FOOD EDUCATION SECTOR ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN ENROLLMENT OF GIRLS ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES EXPENDITURE FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD INTAKE FOOD PRICES FOODS GENDER GAP HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES INFERIOR GOODS LABOR MARKET NATIONAL EDUCATION NUTRITION OLDER CHILDREN OLDER GIRLS OLDER SIBLINGS OLDER SISTERS PARTICIPATION RATES PRICE CHANGE PRICE CHANGES PRICE EFFECT PRICE INCREASE PRICE INCREASES PRICE INDEX PRICE LEVEL PRICE TREND PRICE VARIATION PRICE VARIATIONS PURCHASING RETAIL RETAIL PRICE RETAIL PRICES RICE RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLING SOCIAL PROTECTION STAPLE FOODS SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECT UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN CENTERS VOLATILITY WHEAT WORKING CHILDREN YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNGER CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18096274/heterogeneous-effects-food-price-crisis-child-school-enrollment-labor-evidence-pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15997