Harmattan Winds, Disease and Gender Gaps in Human Capital Investment

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Archibong ◽  
Francis Annan
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Human Capital Investment ◽  
Gender Gaps ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Disease and Gender Gaps in Human Capital Investment: Evidence from Niger's 1986 Meningitis Epidemic

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 530-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Archibong ◽  
Francis Annan
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Human Capital Investment ◽  
Gender Gaps ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines whether disease burdens, especially prevalent in the tropics, contribute significantly to widening gender gaps in educational attainment. We estimate the impact of sudden exposure to the 1986 meningitis epidemic in Niger on girls' education relative to boys. Our results suggest that increases in meningitis cases during epidemic years significantly reduce years of education disproportionately for primary school-aged going girls in areas with higher meningitis exposure. There is no significant effect for boys in the same cohort and no effects of meningitis exposure for non-epidemic years. Our findings have broader implications for climate-induced disease effects on social inequality.

scholarly journals The risk-return trade-off in human capital investment

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 971-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Christiansen ◽  
Juanna Schröter Joensen ◽  
Helena Skyt Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Human Capital Investment ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Risk Return
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