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Leveling the intra-household playing field : compensation and specialization in child labor allocation
V. Del Carpio, Ximena - 2009
"This paper analyzes changes in the allocation of child labor within the household in reaction to exogenous shocks created by a social program in Nicaragua. The paper shows that households that randomly received a conditional cash transfer compensated for some of the intra-household differences,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394116
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Wealth : crucial but not sufficient evidence from Pakistan on economic growth, child labor, and schooling
Hou, Xiaohui - 2009
"The relationship between wealth and child labor has been widely examined. This paper uses three rounds of time-series, cross-sectional data to examine the relationship between wealth and child labor and schooling. The paper finds that wealth is crucial in determining a child's activities, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394125
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Poverty alleviation and child labor
Edmonds, Eric V. - 2008
a small increase in household income on child labor should be concentrated among children most vulnerable to … allocation at peak school attendance ages and among children already out of school at baseline, but have large impacts at ages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521057
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A positive stigma for child labor?
Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2008
"The authors introduce a simple empirical model that assumes a positive stigma (or norm) toward child labor that is common in some developing countries. They illustrate the positive stigma model using data from Guatemala. Controlling for several child and household-level characteristics, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521062
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Does child labor always decrease with income? : an evaluation in the context of a development program in Nicaragua
Del Carpio, Ximena V. - 2008
exhibits an inverted-U shape. Applying the data to the model confirms that the relationship is concave when all children (8 … relationship holds only for older children, both genders. The author investigates the effect of the conditional cash transfer … of children. Disentangling labor into two types - physically demanding labor and non-physical labor - reveals that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521065
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The consequences of child labor : evidence from longitudinal data in rural Tanzania
Beegle, Kathleen (contributor) - 2008
"This paper exploits a unique longitudinal data set from Tanzania to examine the consequences of child labor on education, employment choices, and marital status over a 10-year horizon. Shocks to crop production and rainfall are used as instrumental variables for child labor. For boys, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521082
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Migration, school attainment, and child labor : evidence from rural Pakistan
Mansuri, Ghazala - 2006
"Inequalities in access to education pose a significant barrier to development. It has been argued that this reflects, in part, borrowing constraints that inhibit private investment in human capital by the poor. One promise of the recent proposals to open international labor markets to allow for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522117
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Cash transfers, conditions, school enrollment, and child work : evidence from a randomized experiment in Ecuador
Schady, Norbert Rudiger - 2006
requirement that households enroll their children in school. This paper uses a randomized study design to analyze the impact of … the Bono de Desarrollo Humano (BDH), a cash transfer program, on enrollment and child work among poor children in Ecuador …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522131
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Child labor, school attendance, and indigenous households : Evidence from Mexico
Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2005
labor and indigenous households. While indigenous children had a greater probability of working in 1997, this probability is … reversed after treatment in the program. Indigenous children also had lower school attainment compared with Spanish-speaking or … bilingual children. After the program, school attainment among indigenous children increased, reducing the gap. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522711
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Why should we care about child labor? The education, labor market, and health consequences of child labor
Dehejia, Rajeev Harsha - 2005
(young) adults who worked as children. The authors find no significant effects on health. Over a longer horizon, they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522719