Are Boys and Girls Affected Differently When the Household Head Leaves for Good? Evidence from School and Work Choices in Colombia

• Published in: IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc
• Main Authors: Fitzsimons, Emla, Mesnard, Alice
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 01.01.2008
• Subjects: Children & youth; Girls; Households

This paper investigates how the permanent departure of the head from the household, mainly due to death or divorce, affects children's school enrolment and work participation in rural Colombia. In our empirical specification we use household-level fixed effects to deal with the fact that househ...