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Individual and household in-work poverty in Europe : understanding the role of labor market characteristics

Filandri, Marianna; Struffolino, Emanuela - 2018

The article presents an analysis of the association between labor market characteristics related to female employment and the prevalence of in-work poverty. We compare two relative measures of in-work poverty: The individual definition refers to workers whose salary is below 60% of the median,...

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Gender differences in child investment behaviour among agricultural households : evidence from the Lesotho Child Grants Programme

Sebastian, Ashwini; De la O Campos, Ana Paula; Daidone, … - 2016

We examine the impacts of an unconditional cash transfer in Lesotho using an experimental impact evaluation design. We find that the cash transfer led to different outcomes for girls and boys, overall favouring secondary school-aged girls. Girls in this age group were less likely to miss school,...

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How Child Labor and Child Schooling Interact with Adult Labor

Ray, Ranjan - 2014

The link between household poverty and child labor is much stronger in Pakistan than in Peru. Providing good schools in … labor is much stronger in Pakistan than in Peru - perhaps partly because Pakistani schools are not as good as those in Peru … girls. Strong complementarity exists between the labor market for women and that for girls in Pakistan. Providing good …

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Is Child Work Necessary?

Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2008

large household survey for rural Pakistan, we estimate structural labour supply models for boys and girls in wage work …

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Sequential probit modeling of the determinants of child labour : is it a case of luxury, distributional or substition axiom?

Reddy, Mahendra - 2008

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Impact of income and non-income shocks on child labour : evidence from a panel survey of Tanzania

Bandara, Amarakoon; Dehejia, Rajeev H.; Rouse, Shaheen Lavie - 2014

This paper investigates the impact of income and non-income shocks on child labour using a model in which the household maximizes utility from consumption as well as human capital development of the child. Two types of shocks are considered: agricultural shocks as an income shock and the death...

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Labour market projections and time allocation in Myanmar : application of a new computable general equilibrium (CGE) model

Jensen, Henning Tarp; Keogh-Brown, Marcus; Tarp, Finn - 2021

Myanmar has, in recent years, strengthened its focus on human capital as a development pillar, and introduced legislation and adopted conventions on child labour. But child exploitation continues, including use of forced labour by the military and children performing hazardous work. Moreover,...

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Beyond the male breadwinner : life-cycle living standards of intact and disrupted English working families, 1260-1850

Horrell, Sara; Humphries, Jane; Weisdorf, Jacob - In: The economic history review 75 (2022) 2, pp. 530-560

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Life-cycle living standards of intact and disrupted English working families, 1260-1850

Horrell, Sara; Humphries, Jane; Weisdorf, Jacob - 2020

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Female say on income and child outcomes : evidence from Nigeria

Ngenzebuke, Rama Lionel - 2016

This paper delves into the effect of female bargaining power on child education and labor outcomes in Nigeria. Female bargaining power is proxied by female say on labor income, rather than by female income per se. This is motivated by the fact female labor force participation might be low in...

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