Browsing by Author "Congdon Fors, Heather"
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Changing local customs: Long-run impacts of the earliest campaigns against female genital cutting
Congdon Fors, Heather; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie; Lindskog, Annika (University of Gothenburg, 2023-03)This paper investigates the long-run impacts of Christian missionary expansion on the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) in sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical analysis draws on historical data on the locations of early ... -
Child Labor: A Review of Recent Theory and Evidence with Policy Implications
Congdon Fors, Heather (2008-10-23)In recent years, a growing number of authors have turned their atten- tion to the question of why children work. The purpose of this paper is to review some of the more recent theoretical and empirical research into the ... -
Child Labour Background, Challenges, and the Role of Research in Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 8.7
Congdon Fors, Heather (Gothenburg University, 2024-01)The focus of this report is on child labour, which is a main component of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.7. After providing a brief background on child labour, this report provides an overview of the factors that ... -
The Determinants of Rural Child Labor: An Application to India
Congdon Fors, Heather (2007-06-19)There are several factors that may contribute to the decision to send a child to work, such as poverty, market imperfections and parental preferences. The aim of this paper is to determine empirically the relative importance ... -
Endogenous Institutional Change After Independence
Olsson, Ola; Congdon Fors, Heather (2005)A key event in economic history was the independence of nearly ninety former colonies after World War II. On the basis of qualitative and quantitative evidence, we argue that independence often constituted an institutional ... -
Essays in Institutional and Development Economics
Congdon Fors, Heather (2006)Paper 1: “Congo: The Prize of Predation” Abstract: The article analyzes the war against Mobutu (1996–97) and the more recent war (1998– ) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with particular attention to greed and ... -
Harmful norms: Can social convention theory explain the persistence of female genital cutting in Africa!
Congdon Fors, Heather; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie; Lindskog, Annika (University of Gothenburg, 2021-11)This paper investigates the explanatory power of social convention theory for explaining the persistence of female genital cutting (FGC) in a broad sample of African countries. While influential in policy circles, the ... -
Island Status, Country Size and Institutional Quality in Former Colonies
Congdon Fors, Heather (2007-06-19)The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of island status and country size on institutional quality, and to determine if these institutional effects can explain the relatively strong economic performance of ... -
Land Certification and Schooling in Rural Ethiopia
Congdon Fors, Heather; Houngbedji, Kenneth; Lindskog, Annika (2015-09)This paper investigates the impact of a rural land certification program on schooling in two zones of the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Using the variation in the timing of the arrival of the program at the local level, we ... -
Social Globalization and Child Labor
Congdon Fors, Heather (2012-05)In recent years, a growing number of authors have turned their focus to the question of why children work. While much of the research focuses on household level factors, macroeconomic factors have gained increasing attention. ... -
Son Preferences and Education Inequalities in India
Congdon Fors, Heather; Lindskog, Annika (2019-10)We investigate the impact of son preferences in India on gender inequalities in education. We distinguish the impact of preferential treatment of boys from the impact of gender-biased fertility strategies (gender-specific ... -
The Wealth Paradox Revisited: Credit Market Imperfections and Child Labor
Congdon Fors, Heather (2008-10-24)We revisit the model of child labor in a peasant household presented in Bhalotra and Heady (2003), and demonstrate that the effect of credit market imperfections on child labor differs between households that save and ... -
Within-Families Inequalities in Human Capital Accumulation in India
Congdon Fors, Heather; Lindskog, Annika (2018-12)We investigate within-family inequalities in human capital accumulation in India. We consider both indicators of the child's current stock of human capital and of investment into their continued human capital accumulation, ... -
Within-Family Inequalities in Human Capital Accumulation in India: Birth Order and Gender Effects
Congdon Fors, Heather; Lindskog, Annika (2017-05)In this paper we investigate birth order and gender effects on the development of children’s human capital in India. We investigate both indicators of the child’s current stock of human capital and of investment into their ...