Local Economic Shocks and Human Capital Accumulation
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Washington, DC: World Bank
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This paper examines the medium-term
effects of policy- driven income shocks on human capital
accumulation in low-income environments. Using
administrative data on test scores of the universe of
primary school students in Rwanda and the staggered rollout
of coffee mills in the country, it shows a positive
spillover effect of the coffee mills on students’
performance. Early life exposure to coffee mills is
associated with a 0.09 standard deviation (4 percent)
increase in student test scores. Improvements in household
welfare, child health, and school attendance are likely
operative channels of impact.
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LOCAL ECONOMIC SHOCKS, COFFEE MILLS, HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION, RWANDA