Abstract:This essay focuses on how marked losses in incomes amongst poor households may lead parents to make signifi cant cutbacks in their expenditures on their children's education, and perhaps also put their children to work. It is based on simulation exercises using data on farming households in Punjab state, India. This research generated three main results. First, even small-moderate losses in incomes, ranging from 6 to 10 percent, can cause parents to cutback all their education expenditures, as well as other ex… Show more
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