Using data from the Rural Ethiopian Household Survey, which contains a behavioral module, we explore the link between …

: the link between the household head's risk and time preferences and observed child labor supply. We develop a theoretical … model and empirically test for this causality using data from the seventh round of the Ethiopian Rural Household Survey. We …

. -- Child labor ; school achievement ; Brazil …

This paper develops and estimates a simple structural model of household decisions regarding child labor and schooling … identified. We apply our model to Brazil and use agricultural shocks to local economic activity (coffee and overall agricultural … production) to distinguish between the effects of increases in household income and increases in the opportunity cost of children …

surrounding, the shantytowns of Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil. We use an extensive survey addressing risk factors faced by the …

the government budget on the income distribution in Brazil, and evaluates its efficiency and effectiveness in reducing … inequality and poverty. We present BRAHMS, a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Brazil and illustrate its use by … policy makers in emerging and developing countries in particular. -- Brazil ; inequality ; poverty ; redistribution …

fixed effects and control for a detailed set of household and local area characteristics. Our main findings show that …

approximately 3000 GBP a year per child. We use administrative births microdata and household survey data to estimate the impact of …