Abstract:This paper uses Young Lives Survey data to examine the relationship between early maternal work and child vocabulary development at age 5 in Ethiopia. In bivariate analysis, early maternal work in agriculture, self-employment and single or multiple work activities are negatively associated with vocabulary development at age 5. However, when children are matched on child, maternal and economic context characteristics using entropy balancing only maternal work in multiple activities remains significantly associa… Show more
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