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  "title": "Is Education Neglected in Natural Resources-Rich Countries? An Intergenerational Approach in Africa",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, July 29, 2022",
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  "summary": "The literature on the effects of natural resources on education is mixed and inconclusive. In this paper, we adopt an innovative approach by exploring the effects of mineral discoveries and productions on intergenerational educational mobility (IM), linking parents to the children education levels f",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Research question: Effects of mineral discoveries and productions on intergenerational educational mobility (IM) in Africa.\n- Sample and scope: Links parents to children education levels for more than 14 million individuals across 28 African countries and 2,890 districts.\n- 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)."
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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- Primary education IM:\n  - Upward primary IM increases by 2.7 percentage points (pp.) following mineral discoveries.\n  - Upward primary IM increases by 6.7 pp. following mineral productions.\n  - Downward primary IM decreases by 1.2 pp. following both mineral discoveries and productions.\n- Secondary and tertiary education IM:\n  - No significant effects are found for secondary and tertiary educational IM.\n- Temporal and subgroup patterns:\n  - Positive effects on primary IM are increasing for individuals born later after discoveries and productions.\n  - Positive effects are larger for males.\n  - Positive effects are larger for individuals living in the urban area."
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      "heading": "Channels and mechanisms explored",
      "content": "- The paper investigates income and returns to education channels through which mineral discoveries and productions affect educational IM."
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      "content": "- Novel intergenerational perspective linking parents’ and children’s education for a large micro sample (14 million individuals).\n- Use of spatial variation at the district level (2,890 districts) and timing of mineral discoveries and productions to identify causal effects.\n\nJean-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).\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/2022/07/29/is-education-neglected-in-natural-resources-rich-countries-an-intergenerational-approach-in-521318"
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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",
    "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).",
    "Primary education IM:",
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    "Temporal and subgroup patterns:",
    "The paper investigates income and returns to education channels through which mineral discoveries and productions affect educational IM.",
    "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.",
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