School or Work?: The Role of Weather Shocks in Madagascar

Marchetta, Francesca; Sahn, David E.; Tiberti, Luca

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3266899

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“…to support private consumption in doing consumption smoothing. This result is consistent with earlier studies showing that in the event of shocks, households try to reduce spending their children's education, especially girls, to make consumption smoothing (Marchetta et al, 2018;Cameron & Worswick, 2001). This result implies a low probability of girls to education attendance and high dropout rates high compared to boys.…”

Section: Robustness Checksupporting

confidence: 92%

Schooling Decisions in Indonesia: a Lesson From Indonesian Crisis

Kharisma¹,

Hadiyanto

Remi

2020

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This research aims to analyze the role of income shocks, gender, and resource competition between siblings against the school's decision at the level of primary and senior secondary education during the economic crisis in Indonesia. Methods in this research were conducted in two phases, fixed effect and conditional logit. Results reveal that no evidence of households' transitory income affected children's education level, both for primary and senior secondary education. Meanwhile, compared to boys, girls have a higher probability of dropping out of school and have lower school enrollment rates in primary education. This paper indicated the existence of resource competition between the younger child and the older child for education, especially for senior secondary education.JEL Classification: I20, I24, I25, J16How to Cite:Kharisma, B., Hadiyanto, F., & Remi, S. S. (2020). Schooling Decision in Indonesia: a Lesson From Indonesian Crisis. Signifikan: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi, Vol. 9(1), 81-92. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/sjie.v9i1.12479.

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Section: Robustness Checksupporting

confidence: 92%

Schooling Decisions in Indonesia: a Lesson From Indonesian Crisis

Kharisma¹,

Hadiyanto

Remi

2020

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“…This result implies that weather shocks are associated with a lower probability of child school attendance, such that when the household experiences weather shocks, the probability of a child to attend school decreases by 18 percent. This finding share commonality with some previous studies that found a negative association between weather shocks and child school attendance (Adejuwon, 2016: Marchetta et al, 2018Millett & Shah, 2012;Agamile & Lawson, 2018). Weather shocks decrease child school attendance through two channels.…”

Section: The Effects Of Household Shocks On Child School Attendancesupporting

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“…A number of studies in the literature have analysed the effects of household shocks on schooling in various countries. Marchetta and Tiberti (2018) conducted a study on weather shocks and school attendance in Madagascar. The study used the panel data set of years 2004 and 2011.…”

Section: Empirical Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effects of Household Shocks on Children’s Schooling in Tanzania

Kauky

Lokina

Chegere

2022

Tanzanian Economic Review

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This study examines effects of household shocks on children’s schooling in Tanzania. Using data from the Tanzania National Panel Survey - 2008–2013 and the randomeffects probit regression model, the study analyses the link between the shocks and child schooling, measured by school attendance and truancy. The results show that the shocks (weather, food price rises and death of a family member) affect school attendance. Furthermore, education of the head of the household increases the probability of child school attendance and reduces the probability of child truancy. Access to credit is found to increase the probability of child school attendance. Therefore, measures to help the poor and marginalized households to afford their children’s education include improving their access to credit and establishing pro-poor policies, such as improving irrigation schemes and promoting drought-resistant crops, which would enhance agricultural production, increase incomes and improve vulnerability to shocks.

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“…Street children in Antananarivo, Madagascar's capital city, were mostly deprived of any formal education due to economic activities and begging to secure their survival [49]. In some rural areas, more than half of the weekly time expenditure is dedicated to food acquisition [41], and households with fewer inhabitants are more vulnerable to internal or external stressors [50,51]. These so-called "shocks" consistently provoke a transition from school to work for adolescents and are primarily triggered by financial losses, diseases, death of family members [50], or extreme weather conditions [51].…”

Section: Environmental Education In Primary Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In some rural areas, more than half of the weekly time expenditure is dedicated to food acquisition [41], and households with fewer inhabitants are more vulnerable to internal or external stressors [50,51]. These so-called "shocks" consistently provoke a transition from school to work for adolescents and are primarily triggered by financial losses, diseases, death of family members [50], or extreme weather conditions [51]. Another major reason for considerably high drop-out rates can be found in the limited access to responsible family planning and contraceptives (e.g., condoms), promoting early childbearing and subsequently the drop-out of girls from the educational system [52,53].…”

Section: Environmental Education In Primary Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Educational Approaches to Encourage Pro-Environmental Behaviors in Madagascar

2019

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Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot under threat, with about 80% of the population living below the poverty line and dependent on the use of diminishing local resources. Environmental education (EE) can act as an important tool for biodiversity conservation, however, its implementation is challenging in low-income countries. Here, we provide a review of 248 EE interventions throughout Madagascar. We highlight how EE can promote pro-environmental behaviors and show the major obstacles it faces, using Madagascar’s Lake Alaotra as a case study area. All EE activities are implemented by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international institutions. EE and community engagement have been shown by practitioners and scientific research alike to be valuable tools but are severely restricted in their impact when their outreach is limited by insecure and insufficient funding, and often funding periods that are too short. Another major hindrance to EE producing positive changes in people’s real-life decisions in low-income countries like Madagascar, arises when lessons are taught to a population that is at once understanding and severely constrained in its choices due to poverty, and corresponding malnutrition, that forces people to make unsustainable decisions on a daily basis. Our conclusions should help to improve the practice of EE in Madagascar and other low-income countries.

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School or Work?: The Role of Weather Shocks in Madagascar

Cited by 3 publications

References 33 publications

Schooling Decisions in Indonesia: a Lesson From Indonesian Crisis

Schooling Decisions in Indonesia: a Lesson From Indonesian Crisis

The Effects of Household Shocks on Children’s Schooling in Tanzania

Educational Approaches to Encourage Pro-Environmental Behaviors in Madagascar

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