Synopsis, Childhood shocks, safety nets and cognitive skills: Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia
Using child-level panel data from rural areas of Ethiopia, we analyze effects of both economic and non-economic shocks on child cognition skills measured after the early childhood age window. We identify that drought, in particular, reduces child cognitive skills markedly. Food price inflation durin...
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| author | Berhane, Guush Abay, Mehari Hiluf Woldehanna, Tassew |
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| description | Using child-level panel data from rural areas of Ethiopia, we analyze effects of both economic and non-economic shocks on child cognition skills measured after the early childhood age window. We identify that drought, in particular, reduces child cognitive skills markedly. Food price inflation during the study period and divorce also have significant adverse effects on cognition. Promisingly, we find that the safety net program established by the Ethiopian government in 2005 to protect households from the economic effects of such shocks mitigated the reduction in cognitive skills associated with these shocks |
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| spelling | CGSpace1483302025-11-06T07:15:36Z Synopsis, Childhood shocks, safety nets and cognitive skills: Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia Berhane, Guush Abay, Mehari Hiluf Woldehanna, Tassew shock health social protection capacity development mental ability children social safety nets rural areas Using child-level panel data from rural areas of Ethiopia, we analyze effects of both economic and non-economic shocks on child cognition skills measured after the early childhood age window. We identify that drought, in particular, reduces child cognitive skills markedly. Food price inflation during the study period and divorce also have significant adverse effects on cognition. Promisingly, we find that the safety net program established by the Ethiopian government in 2005 to protect households from the economic effects of such shocks mitigated the reduction in cognitive skills associated with these shocks 2016-02-19 2024-06-21T09:24:22Z 2024-06-21T09:24:22Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148330 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151201 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Berhane, Guush; Abay, Mehari Hiluf; and Woldehanna, Tassew. 2015. Synopsis, Childhood shocks, safety nets and cognitive skills: Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia. ESSP II Research Note 49. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148330 |
| spellingShingle | shock health social protection capacity development mental ability children social safety nets rural areas Berhane, Guush Abay, Mehari Hiluf Woldehanna, Tassew Synopsis, Childhood shocks, safety nets and cognitive skills: Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia |
| title | Synopsis, Childhood shocks, safety nets and cognitive skills: Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia |
| title_full | Synopsis, Childhood shocks, safety nets and cognitive skills: Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Synopsis, Childhood shocks, safety nets and cognitive skills: Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synopsis, Childhood shocks, safety nets and cognitive skills: Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia |
| title_short | Synopsis, Childhood shocks, safety nets and cognitive skills: Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia |
| title_sort | synopsis childhood shocks safety nets and cognitive skills panel data evidence from rural ethiopia |
| topic | shock health social protection capacity development mental ability children social safety nets rural areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148330 |
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