| Titre : | Birth order and transition into adulthood in Madagascar |
| Auteurs : | Francesca Marchetta, Auteur ; Claire Ricard, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Working Paper |
| Editeur : | Clermont-Ferrand : Centre d'études et de recherches sur le développement international (Cerdi), 2024-06-03 |
| Collection : | Working papers |
| Format : | 62 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
[Eurovoc] ÉDUCATION ET COMMUNICATION > éducation > politique de l'éducation > scolarisation [Eurovoc] EMPLOI ET TRAVAIL > emploi [Eurovoc] GÉOGRAPHIE > Afrique > Afrique subsaharienne > Afrique orientale > Madagascar [Eurovoc] QUESTIONS SOCIALES > famille [Eurovoc] QUESTIONS SOCIALES > famille > droit de la famille > mariage [JEL] D - Microéconomie > D1 - Comportement des ménages et économie familiale [JEL] I - Santé, éducation et programmes sociaux > I2 - Éducation [JEL] J - Économie du travail et démographie économique > J1 - Demographic Economics |
| Tags : | birth order ; educational attainment ; age at marriage ; transition into adulthood ; liquidity constraint |
| Résumé : | Using panel data from Madagascar, we study how birth order influences the transition into adulthood. We find that earlier borns drop school at a younger age, attain less schooling, and thus have lower cognitive skills than later borns. They also start working out of the family firm earlier and girls marry younger. The precocious transition of the firstborn is likely to finance younger siblings’ education. These mechanisms are stronger in rural areas, where the liquidity constraints are stronger. Results are robust to different specifications commonly used in the birth order literature and are not sensitive to the presence of fostered children in the household. |
| Axe de recherche : | Trajectoires de développement durable |
| En ligne : | https://cnrs.hal.science/hal-04598699 |
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