@article{fdi:010063000,
  title = {{I}mpact of natural disasters on {E}ducation outcomes : evidence from the 1987 - 89 locust plague in {M}ali},
  author = {{D}e {V}reyer, {P}. and {G}uibert, {N}. and {M}espl{\'e}-{S}omps, {S}andrine},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper estimates the long-run impact of a large income shock based on regional variations in the 1987-89 locust plague in {M}ali. {W}e 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. {W}e 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. {S}chool enrolment by boys born or less than four at the time of shock is found to be affected. {S}chool enrolment by boys born in 1987-88, the main infestation years, is found to be hardest hit by the plagues. {H}owever, 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. {O}ur controls for individuals' potentially selective migration behaviour and for differences in school infrastructures do nothing to change our results. {O}ur findings are also robust to controls for age misreporting and variations in the cohort cut-off point.},
  keywords = {{CRIQUET} ; {INVASION} ; {EDUCATION} {DES} {ENFANTS} ; {SCOLARISATION} ; {SOCIETE} {RURALE} ; {CATASTROPHE} {NATURELLE} ; {MIGRATION} ; {PARCOURS} {SCOLAIRE} ; {MALI}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {A}frican {E}conomies},
  volume = {24},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {57--100},
  ISSN = {0963-8024},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1093/jae/eju018},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010063000},
}