Is Education Neglected in Natural Resources-Rich Countries? An Intergenerational Approach in Africa
IMF Working Papers, July 29, 2022
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- Authors: Jean-Marc Atsebi, Rasmané Ouedraogo, Regina S. Séri
- Published: July 29, 2022
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400218071.001
Overview
- Research question: Effects of mineral discoveries and productions on intergenerational educational mobility (IM) in Africa.
- Sample and scope: Links parents to children education levels for more than 14 million individuals across 28 African countries and 2,890 districts.
- Methodological approach: Exploits mineral discoveries and productions as natural experiments to identify impacts on IM (keywords include Generalized Difference-in-differences, IM definition, IM index).
Key findings
- Primary education IM:
- Upward primary IM increases by 2.7 percentage points (pp.) following mineral discoveries.
- Upward primary IM increases by 6.7 pp. following mineral productions.
- Downward primary IM decreases by 1.2 pp. following both mineral discoveries and productions.
- Secondary and tertiary education IM:
- No significant effects are found for secondary and tertiary educational IM.
- Temporal and subgroup patterns:
- Positive effects on primary IM are increasing for individuals born later after discoveries and productions.
- Positive effects are larger for males.
- Positive effects are larger for individuals living in the urban area.
Channels and mechanisms explored
- The paper investigates income and returns to education channels through which mineral discoveries and productions affect educational IM.
Analytical contributions
- Novel intergenerational perspective linking parents’ and children’s education for a large micro sample (>14 million individuals).
- Use of spatial variation at the district level (2,890 districts) and timing of mineral discoveries and productions to identify causal effects.
Jean-Marc Atsebi, Rasmané Ouedraogo, and Regina S. Séri, "Is Education Neglected in Natural Resources-Rich Countries? An Intergenerational Approach in Africa", IMF Working Papers 2022, 160 (2022).
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