Causal relation between basic education, child health and nutrition for children in sub-Saharan African countries: the case of Tanzania

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dc.contributor.advisor Brunello, Giorgio it_IT
dc.contributor.author Luzi, Lucia <1979> it_IT
dc.date.accessioned 2010-03-20T10:46:10Z it_IT
dc.date.accessioned 2012-07-30T15:50:49Z
dc.date.available 2010-03-20T10:46:10Z it_IT
dc.date.available 2012-07-30T15:50:49Z
dc.date.issued 2010-03-15 it_IT
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10579/935 it_IT
dc.description.abstract The main focus of this research thesis is the causal relationship between education and health for children who live in less developed countries - sub-Saharan Africa in particular - since those are the most vulnerable people. Equitable access to early childhood care and education of good quality is essential for sustainable economic and human development. The research offers an empirical microeconomic analysis, contributing to the existing literature with an innovative kind of study. It investigates the long-term effects of malnutrition presented by individuals during early childhood on subsequent education attainments of young adults living in a rural area of Tanzania. To perform the main objective of the work, any attrition due to family or environmental characteristics is purged by using a sibling estimator. In addition, a broad investigation on weather conditions during infancy is conduced, in order to attain the instruments to face the existing endogeneity proper of the health variable. Consistently with the existing literature, the principal finding is that malnutrition and poor health experienced during early childhood have long term effects on her human capital growth, suggesting that education and health are complementary inputs on the development process. This result has potentially important policy implications. it_IT
dc.description.abstract La presente ricerca analizza la relazione causale esistente tra istruzione e salute per i bambini dei paesi meno sviluppati, in particolare dell’Africa sub-Sahariana. Investire nell’infanzia per garantire un adeguato livello di istruzione e di salute è necessario al fine di realizzare uno sviluppo concreto, equilibrato e sostenibile nel tempo. Lo studio offre un’analisi micro-economica degli effetti di lungo periodo della malnutrizione infantile sul livello di istruzione in età adulta per le persone residenti in una zona rurale della Tanzania. Al fine di depurare l’analisi da possibile selection bias derivante sia dall’endogeneità della salute rispetto all’istruzione, sia dalla eterogeneità non osservata a livello familiare e ambientale, tale studio si avvale di variabili strumentali con effetti fissi a livello familiare. In linea con la letteratura esistente, l’analisi dimostra che lo stato di salute durante i primi anni di vita ha effetti significativi sullo sviluppo del capitale umano, con conseguenti implicazioni per la policy di questi paesi. it_IT
dc.format.medium Tesi cartacea it_IT
dc.language.iso en it_IT
dc.publisher Università Ca' Foscari Venezia it_IT
dc.rights © Lucia Luzi, 2010 it_IT
dc.subject Basic education it_IT
dc.subject Tanzania it_IT
dc.subject Sub-Saharan Africa it_IT
dc.subject Human development it_IT
dc.subject Human capital it_IT
dc.subject Child health and nutrition it_IT
dc.title Causal relation between basic education, child health and nutrition for children in sub-Saharan African countries: the case of Tanzania it_IT
dc.type Doctoral Thesis it_IT
dc.degree.name Analisi e governance dello sviluppo sostenibile it_IT
dc.degree.level Dottorato di ricerca it_IT
dc.degree.grantor Interfacoltà Economia - Scienze matematiche fisiche e naturali it_IT
dc.description.academicyear 2007/2008 it_IT
dc.description.cycle 21 it_IT
dc.degree.coordinator Zuppi , Giovanni Maria it_IT
dc.location.shelfmark D000866 it_IT
dc.location Venezia, Archivio Università Ca' Foscari, Tesi Dottorato it_IT
dc.rights.accessrights openAccess it_IT
dc.thesis.matricno 955138 it_IT
dc.format.pagenumber 198 p. it_IT
dc.subject.miur SECS-P/01 ECONOMIA POLITICA it_IT
dc.description.note Doctor Europaeus it_IT
dc.description.tableofcontent Thesis Introduction p. 3 - Chapter 1: The Role of Education and Health in Human Capital Development in Less Developed Countries” p. 7 - Chapter 2: Literature Review on the Causal Relations Between Education and Health for Children in Less Developed Countries p. 87 - Chapter 3: Long-Term Impact of Health and Nutrition Status on Education Outcomes for Children in Rural Tanzania p. 127 it_IT
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation Lucia Luzi. "Causal relation between basic education, child health and nutrition for children in sub-Saharan African countries: the case of Tanzania", Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Doctoral Dissertation, 21st session, 2010 it_IT


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