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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
, especially for girls. Increases in schooling are matched by an increase in education expenditures that appears to absorb most of …
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
"This paper investigates the relationship of household income with child labor. The analysis uses a rich dataset obtained in the context of a conditional cash transfer program in a poor region of Nicaragua in 2005 and 2006. The program has a strong productive emphasis and seeks to diversify 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
education, employment choices, and marital status over a 10-year horizon. Shocks to crop production and rainfall are used as … of farming and of marrying at a younger age. Strikingly, there are no significant effects on education for girls, but … with education being a lower priority for girls and/or with chores causing less disruption for education than agricultural …
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 … greater for girls, yielding a very substantial reduction in gender inequalities in access to education. Significantly, though …
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
"The impact of cash transfer programs on the accumulation of human capital is a topic of great policy importance. An attendant question is whether program effects are larger when transfers are "conditioned" on certain behaviors, such as a requirement that households enroll their children in...
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
--a product of the Education Sector Unit, Latin America and the Caribbean Region--is part of a larger effort in the region to …
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
, there is limited evidence on the consequences of child labor on socioeconomic outcomes such as education, wages, and health … farther from schools, and whose adult members experienced negative returns to their own education. This evidence suggests that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522719