Drought Shocks and School Attendance in Tanzania

Juan Segundo Zapiola
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Juan Segundo Zapiola: Department of Economics, Universidad de San Andrés

No 12, Young Researchers Working Papers from Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia

Abstract: In this study, we investigate the effect drought has on school attendance in Tanzania. To do so, we exploit exogenous rainfall variability to explore its effect on the proportion of school attendance after they experienced a drought shock. We resulted in a positive and significant coefficient, indicating that those with a severe-extreme drought shock are likelier to increase school attendance. Notably, this finding holds across different model specifications, demonstrating the robustness and consistency of our results.

Keywords: Drought; SPI; School Attendance; Tanzania; Education; Agriculture; Rainfall; Grid Cell; Severe-Extreme Drought Shock. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2023-08, Revised 2023-08
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