Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Papers in Economics,
University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics
No 628: Land Certification and Schooling in Rural Ethiopia
Heather Congdon Fors (), Kenneth Houngbedji and Annika Lindskog ()
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Heather Congdon Fors: Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University, Postal: P.O. Box 640, SE 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
Kenneth Houngbedji: Paris School of Economics
Annika Lindskog: Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University, Postal: P.O.Box 640, SE 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of a rural land certification program on school- ing in two zones of the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Using the variation in the timing of the arrival of the program at the local level, we investigate the link be- tween land tenure security, schooling and child labor. The results show a positive effect of improved land rights on school enrollment for all children in one of the zones studied, and for oldest sons in the other. Grade progress of oldest sons, who are most likely to inherit the land, worsens.
Keywords: Schooling; Child labor; Land administration; Property rights; Ethiopia
44 pages, First version: September 2015. Revised: September 2017.
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