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The Dynamics of Educational Attainment for Orphaned Children in sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence from Malawi

国際協力論集

23(2)

29-61

神戸大学大学院国際協力研究科

2016-01

2016-02-23

This paper explores the factors that shape the dynamics of educational attainment for orphans in sub-Saharan Africa. One theoretical model, with the presumption that orphans may experience an immediate negative impact (grade repetition) associated with a parental death, predicts that there are three phases of orphans’ educational progression: 1) orphans lag behind in their educational progression after a parental death, 2) yet continue to attend school at younger ages, 3) however, they are more likely to drop out of school at higher ages if they reside under discriminatory circumstances. Empirical analysis examines this prediction by employing a novel semi-parametric estimation methodology with consideration of the timing of losing one parent or both, and shows that in Malawi the patterns of educational progression, particularly for female maternal orphans, follow the predicted pattern. The estimation results further reveal that three factors: 1) liquidity constraints, 2) raised shadow wage, and 3) discriminatory circumstances within the household affect the dynamics of educational attainment for female maternal orphans, whereas fostering experience appears to mitigate the negative effects of parental deaths for the other types of orphans.

sub-Saharan Africa

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