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De Vreyer P., Guibert N., Mesplé-Somps Sandrine. (2015). Impact of natural disasters on Education outcomes : evidence from the 1987 - 89 locust plague in Mali. Journal of African Economies, 24 (1), p. 57-100. ISSN 0963-8024.

Titre du document
Impact of natural disasters on Education outcomes : evidence from the 1987 - 89 locust plague in Mali
Année de publication
2015
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000350215600003
Auteurs
De Vreyer P., Guibert N., Mesplé-Somps Sandrine
Source
Journal of African Economies, 2015, 24 (1), p. 57-100 ISSN 0963-8024
This paper estimates the long-run impact of a large income shock based on regional variations in the 1987-89 locust plague in Mali. We take comprehensive population census data to construct birth cohorts of individuals and compare those born and living in the years and villages affected by locust plagues with other cohorts. We find a clear, strong impact on the educational outcomes of children living in rural areas, but no impact at all on children living in urban areas. School enrolment by boys born or less than four at the time of shock is found to be affected. School enrolment by boys born in 1987-88, the main infestation years, is found to be hardest hit by the plagues. However, although the impact on school enrolment figures is greater for boys than girls, the educational attainments of girls attending school and living in rural areas are harder hit than the boys. Our controls for individuals' potentially selective migration behaviour and for differences in school infrastructures do nothing to change our results. Our findings are also robust to controls for age misreporting and variations in the cohort cut-off point.
Plan de classement
Ravageurs des plantes [076RAVPLA] ; Milieu rural, sociologie rurale, systèmes agraires, foncier rural [098RURAL1] ; Education [106EDUC]
Descripteurs
CRIQUET ; INVASION ; EDUCATION DES ENFANTS ; SCOLARISATION ; SOCIETE RURALE ; CATASTROPHE NATURELLE ; MIGRATION ; PARCOURS SCOLAIRE
Description Géographique
MALI
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010063000]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010063000
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