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Human capital accumulation of children in Cameroon: does disability really matter?

Arlette Simo Fotso
Mbaye Diene
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Roger Tsafack Nanfosso
  • Fonction : Auteur

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Although most of the world's disabled people live in developing countries, little is known about the consequences of disability in this part of the world. Using the DHS-MICS 2011 data of Cameroon, this paper contributes to the literature by providing new robust estimates of the effect of child disability on education in a developing country context. It controls for unobserved heterogeneity within the households by using a 'true' sibling fixed effect model and also accounts for the severity of disability. The results show that moderate and severe disabilities reduce the probability that a child attends school and diminish school progress.
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hal-02145029 , version 1 (31-05-2019)

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Arlette Simo Fotso, Anne Solaz, Mbaye Diene, Roger Tsafack Nanfosso. Human capital accumulation of children in Cameroon: does disability really matter?. Education Economics, 2018, 26 (3), pp.305-320. ⟨10.1080/09645292.2017.1421619⟩. ⟨hal-02145029⟩
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