Madeline Duhon

This study exploits experimental variation in parent human capital (early-life school-based deworming) and a shock to schooling (extended Covid closures) to estimate how these factors interact in the production of child human capital within a sample of 3,500 Kenyan 3-8 year olds. Parents with...

In Preparing for an Aging Africa: Data-Driven Priorities for Economic Research and Policy (NBER Working Paper 31750), researchers Madeline E. Duhon, Edward Miguel, Amos Njuguna, Daniela Pinto Veizaga, and Michael W. Walker review previous literature and conduct new analysis drawing on 35 rounds of...

The over-60 population in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to grow rapidly in the coming decades, tripling between 2020 and 2050. Despite this explosive projected growth, few countries in the region have implemented policies designed to support older populations. Further, little research in economics...