Original title: Whoever has will be given more: child endowment and human capital investment
Authors: Borga, Liyousew Gebremedhin ; Pidkuyko, M.
Document type: Research reports
Year: 2018
Language: eng
Series: CERGE-EI Working Paper Series, volume: 616
Abstract: Using a unique longitudinal survey from Ethiopia, we investigate whether resource constrained\nparents reinforce or attenuate differences in early abilities between their children. We propose a simple model that allows for sibling interactions. To overcome the endogeneity associated with measures of endowment, we construct a measure of human capital at birth that is plausibly net of prenatal investment. We estimate a sibling fixed-effect model to account for bias due to unobserved family-specific heterogeneity. We find that parents reinforce educational inequality: inherently healthy children are more likely to attend preschool, be enrolled in elementary school, and have more expenses incurred towards their education. Health inputs are allocated in a compensatory manner.\n
Keywords: cognitive ability; health endowment; intrahousehold allocation
Project no.: GBP402/12/G130 (CEP)
Funding provider: GA ČR

Institution: Economics Institute AS ČR (web)
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External URL: https://www.cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp616b.pdf
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0284598

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