Does Famine Matter For Aggregate Adolescent Human Capital Acquisition In Sub-Saharan Africa?

Gregory Price and Julius A. Agbor

No 320, Working Papers from Economic Research Southern Africa

Abstract: To the extent that in utero and childhood malnutrition negatively affects later stage mental and physical health, it can possibly constrain later stage human capital acquisition, which is an important driver of economic growth. This paper considers the impact of famine on aggregate adolescent human capital formation in Sub-Saharan Africa. We parameterize a joint adolescent […]

Keywords: capital - human; food security; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 I15 I25 O10 O15 O55 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-12-01
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