Essays in development economics

Poppe, Robert

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URL:	https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/32640
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-326401
Document Type:	Doctoral dissertation
Year of publication:	2012
Place of publication:	Mannheim
University:	Universität Mannheim
Evaluator:	Frölich, Markus
Date of oral examination:	18 December 2012
Publication language:	English
Institution:	Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences - CDSE (Economics) School of Law and Economics > VWL, Ökonometrie (Frölich 2008-)
Subject:	330 Economics
Subject headings (SWD):	Schule , Mahlzeit , Sehleistung , Finanzwissenschaft , Migration , Bildung
Keywords (English):	School Meals , Eyesight , Financial Literacy , Migration , Education
Abstract:	In Chapter 1, the first essay explores a school meals program in Ethiopia. In food-insecure parts of poor countries school meals can provide a strong incentive to poor households to send their children to school. School meals appear to be attractive as they may not only increase school participation but may also improve learning and cognitive development. Chapter 2 investigates the role of poor eyesight on educational outcomes in rural Ethiopia. Chapter 3 uses data on four financial literacy training programs to examine whether financial literacy training can improve microfinance clients' risk management in order to avoid over-indebtedness and reduce vulnerability. Chapter 4 investigates the role of parental migration on children's school participation using data from Moldova. While migration, through remittances, has the potential to contribute to children's education by making more resources available, parental migration may be detrimental as it implies parental absence.