Does Maternal Education Decrease Female Genital Cutting?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20191098
Abstract
Female genital cutting (FGC) affects more than 200 million women globally. Education is often depicted as an effective instrument for abandoning the practice, but causal evidence is scant. This paper uses the introduction of the Universal Primary Education program in Nigeria as a natural experiment to identify the causal effect of mothers’ education on the probability that their daughters are cut. Household survey data indicate no statistically significant impact of the reform on the probability that daughters undergo FGC, which may be explained by an insignificant effect of the reform on maternal support for the practice.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
AEA Papers and Proceedings, v. 109, p. 100-104
Scholar Commons Citation
De Cao, Elisabetta and La Mattina, Giulia, "Does Maternal Education Decrease Female Genital Cutting?" (2019). Economics Faculty Publications. 11.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ecn_facpub/11
