## Epidemics, Gender, and Human Capital in Developing Countries

_IMF Working Papers, November 5, 2021_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Stefania Fabrizio, Diego B. P. Gomes, Carine Meyimdjui, Marina Mendes Tavares
- Published: November 5, 2021
- Series: IMF Working Papers

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### Summary findings
- 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.

### Data and scope
- Sample: 623 epidemics episodes across countries.
- Period covered: 1970 to 2019.
- Country case study: Senegal (detailed micro data used to estimate lifelong earnings loss).

### Publication and authorship
- 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 and keywords
- 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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