Economic shocks and children's dropout from primary school: implications for education policy in Ethiopia

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Title:	Economic shocks and children's dropout from primary school: implications for education policy in Ethiopia
Authors:	Woldehanna, Tassew Hagos, Adiam
Year:	2015
Periodical:	Africa Education Review (ISSN 1753-5921)
Volume:	12
Issue:	1
Pages:	28-47
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ethiopia
Subjects:	dropouts economic recession primary education
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1080/18146627.2015.1036548
Abstract:	This paper investigates the impact of idiosyncratic and covariate economic shocks, on the likelihood of children dropping out of primary school in Ethiopia. In this endeavour, an Accelerated Failure Time Hazard model was estimated using data from the Young Lives study of childhood poverty. The estimated results indicate that both idiosyncratic shocks and covariate shocks have a statistically significant effect on the risk of children dropping out of primary school. Considering the fact that both idiosyncratic and area-wide economic shocks are experienced at the household level, the study concludes that it is vital to link social protection programmes to education policy as well so as to reduce the vulnerability of households to the shocks and keep children from dropping out from school. Bibliogr., note, sum. [Journal abstract]