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  "title": "Epidemics, Gender, and Human Capital in Developing Countries",
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  "summary": "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.",
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      "content": "- Study examines the impact of epidemics on school dropouts in developing countries, considering 623 epidemics episodes across countries from 1970 to 2019.\n- On average, epidemics reduce completion rates by about 2.6 and 2.1 percentage points in primary and lower secondary education respectively.\n- Girls are more severely affected than boys.\n- Using detailed micro data for Senegal, the potential labor earnings loss from dropping out of primary and secondary school is almost double for girls than for boys."
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      "content": "- Sample: 623 epidemics episodes across countries.\n- Period covered: 1970 to 2019.\n- Country case study: Senegal (detailed micro data used to estimate lifelong earnings loss)."
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      "content": "- Authors: Stefania Fabrizio, Diego B. P. Gomes, Carine Meyimdjui, Marina Mendes Tavares\n- Publication date: November 5, 2021\n- Publication series: IMF Working Papers, Working Paper No. 2021/266\n- Pages: 18\n- ISBN: 9781589066854\n- ISSN: 1018-5941"
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      "content": "- Subjects: Education, Gender, Human capital, Labor, Wages, Women\n- Keywords include: completion rate; Development; earnings gap; earnings loss; Education; effects of epidemic; epidemic shock; Epidemics; epidemics episode; Global; Human capital; impact of boy; labor earnings impact; labor earnings loss; school dropout; Wages; Women\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2021/11/05/epidemics-gender-and-human-capital-in-developing-countries-504359\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Working Paper\n  - Working Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Working Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2021/11/05/epidemics-gender-and-human-capital-in-developing-countries-504359"
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    "Authors: Stefania Fabrizio, Diego B. P. Gomes, Carine Meyimdjui, Marina Mendes Tavares",
    "Published: November 5, 2021",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "Study examines the impact of epidemics on school dropouts in developing countries, considering 623 epidemics episodes across countries from 1970 to 2019.",
    "On average, epidemics reduce completion rates by about 2.6 and 2.1 percentage points in primary and lower secondary education respectively.",
    "Girls are more severely affected than boys.",
    "Using detailed micro data for Senegal, the potential labor earnings loss from dropping out of primary and secondary school is almost double for girls than for boys.",
    "Sample: 623 epidemics episodes across countries.",
    "Period covered: 1970 to 2019.",
    "Country case study: Senegal (detailed micro data used to estimate lifelong earnings loss).",
    "Authors: Stefania Fabrizio, Diego B. P. Gomes, Carine Meyimdjui, Marina Mendes Tavares",
    "Publication date: November 5, 2021",
    "Publication series: IMF Working Papers, Working Paper No. 2021/266",
    "Pages: 18",
    "ISBN: 9781589066854",
    "ISSN: 1018-5941",
    "Subjects: Education, Gender, Human capital, Labor, Wages, Women",
    "Keywords include: completion rate; Development; earnings gap; earnings loss; Education; effects of epidemic; epidemic shock; Epidemics; epidemics episode; Global; Human capital; impact of boy; labor earnings impact; labor earnings loss; school dropout; Wages; Women",
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