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Child Ability and Household Human Capital Investment Decisions in Burkina Faso

Using data they collected in rural Burkina Faso, the authors examine how children's cognitive abilities influence resource constrained households' decisions to invest in their education. This paper uses a direct measure of child ability f...

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Main Authors:	Akresh, Richard, Bagby, Emilie, de Walque, Damien, Kazianga, Harounan
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNT ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AVERAGE SCORE BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN BIRTH ORDER CHILD EDUCATION CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDREN START SCHOOL CHILDREN UNDER AGE CLASS SIZE COGNITIVE ABILITY COGNITIVE TESTS COURT DESCENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION DECISIONS EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE EQUALITY EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALE FORMAL SCHOOLING GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER GAP GENDERS GIRLS HIGHER ENROLLMENT HOME HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INTELLIGENCE INTERVENTIONS LOW ENROLLMENT RATES MODELING OLDER CHILDREN ONLY CHILDREN PERCEPTION PERSONALITY PERSONALITY TRAITS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN PROBLEM SOLVING PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS PSYCHOLOGY REGISTRATION FEES RETURNS TO EDUCATION RISKY BEHAVIORS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL SUPPLIES SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SEX SOCIAL PROTECTION TEACHERS TEXTBOOKS WILL WIVES WORKING MEMORY YOUNG CHILD YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNGER CHILDREN YOUNGER SIBLINGS
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100721092322 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3854