Can social groups impact schooling decisions? Evidence from castes in rural Senegal
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Keywords
Children’s education; Social interactions; Caste; Sub-Saharan Africa; Senegal;All these keywords.
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- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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