Epidemics, Gender, and Human Capital in Developing Countries /

Epidemics have disrupted lives for centuries with deleterious human capital and economic repercussions. In this paper, we investigate how epidemics episodes have impacted school dropouts in developing countries, considering 623 epidemics episodes across countries from 1970 to 2019. Our estimates sho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fabrizio, Stefania
Other Authors: Gomes, Diego, M. Tavares, Marina, Meyimdjui, Carine
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/266
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