Women's Economic Capacity and Children's Human Capital Accumulation

49 Pages Posted: 22 Jan 2017

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Jacobus de Hoop

University of Rome Tor Vergata

Patrick Premand

World Bank

Furio C. Rosati

University of Rome Tor Vergata - Faculty of Economics

Renos Vakis

World Bank Group, Kenya

Date Written: January 2017

Abstract

Programs that increase the economic capacity of poor women can have cascading effects on children's participation in school and work that are theoretically undetermined. We present a simple model to describe the possible channels through which these programs may affect children's activities. Based on a cluster-randomized trial, we examine how a program providing capital and training to women in poor rural communities in Nicaragua affected children. Children in beneficiary households are more likely to attend school one year after the end of the intervention. An increase in women's influence on household decisions appears to contribute to the program's beneficial effect on school attendance.

Keywords: women's economic capacity, female empowerment, Nicaragua, child labor, human capital accumulation, field experiment

JEL Classification: D13, H43, I25, J22, J24, O15, O22, Q12

Suggested Citation

de Hoop, Jacobus and Premand, Patrick and Rosati, Furio C. and Vakis, Renos, Women's Economic Capacity and Children's Human Capital Accumulation (January 2017). IZA Discussion Paper No. 10501, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2903123 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2903123

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Patrick Premand

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Furio C. Rosati

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Renos Vakis

World Bank Group, Kenya ( email )

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