Rainfall shocks and children’s school attendance: evidence from Uganda

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI:10.1080/13600818.2021.1895979

Peter Agamile, D. Lawson

引用次数: 12

Abstract

ABSTRACT The increasing frequency of negative rainfall shocks presents households with the challenging choice of whether to send their children to school or to withdraw them in order for them to provide support in the household. We use high-resolution spatial rainfall data matched with the georeferenced Uganda National Panel Survey data to estimate the effect of negative rainfall shocks on children’s school attendance. We find that exposure to negative rainfall shocks significantly reduces children’s school attendance by almost 10%. These results have important policy implications for improving children’s schooling, particularly in geographical areas that receive particularly erratic rainfalls, in Uganda.

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降雨冲击与儿童入学率:来自乌干达的证据

日益频繁的负降雨冲击给家庭带来了一个具有挑战性的选择:是送孩子上学，还是让孩子退学，以便他们在家庭中提供支持。我们使用高分辨率空间降雨数据与地理参考乌干达国家小组调查数据相匹配，以估计负降雨冲击对儿童入学率的影响。我们发现，暴露在负降雨冲击下，儿童的入学率显著降低了近10%。这些结果对改善乌干达儿童的教育具有重要的政策意义，特别是在降雨量特别不稳定的地理区域。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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