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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investments : Evidence from Indian Tariff Reform
Edmonds, Eric V. - 2007
a failure to follow the national trend in poverty reduction. Schooling costs appear to play a large role in this … relationship between poverty, schooling, and child labor. Extrapolating from our results, our estimates imply that roughly half of … India's rise in schooling and a third of the fall in child labor during the 1990s can be explained by falling poverty and …
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School Drop-Out and Push-Out Factors in Brazil : The Role of Early Parenthood, Child Labor, and Poverty
Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2007
parenthood, child labor, and poverty in pushing teenagers out of school is subject to particular attention. The potential …. Extreme poverty is another factor lowering school attendance, as children who have suffered hunger at some point in their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778004
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The Income Elasticity of Child Labour : Do Cash Transfers Have an Impact on the Poorest Children?
Pellerano, Luca - 2019
The possible non linearity of the income elasticity of child labour has been at the centre of the debate regarding both its causes and the policy instruments to address it. We contribute to this debate providing theoretical and empirical novel results. From a theoretical point of view, for any...
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Does Child Labor Lead to Vulnerable Employment in Adulthood? Evidence for Tanzania
Burrone, Sara - 2019
This paper investigates the relationship between child labor and status in employment in adulthood. We aim to contribute to the literature that focuses on the obstacles to the formation early in life of the skills that allow people to avoid vulnerability. Using the panel data survey for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870333
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Origins and Consequences of Child Labor Restrictions:A Macroeconomic Perspective
Doepke, Matthias; Krueger, Dirk - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We investigate the positive and normative consequences of child-labor restrictions foreconomic aggregates and welfare. We argue that even though the laissez-faire outcome maybe inefficient, there are usually better policies to cure these inefficiencies than the impositionof a child-labor ban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860497
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Economic Influences on Child Migration Decisions:Evidence from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Edmonds, Eric V.; Salinger, Philip - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Why do young children migrate without a parent? We consider the economic components ofthe answer to this question by examining the correlates of out-migration for children under 15whose mother's reside in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. 1 million children appear to havemigrated away from home in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861384
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The Relation between Child Labour andMothers´ Work: The Case of India
Francavilla, Francesca; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
The paper deals with child labour in developing countries. We address a problem that hasrecently drawn much attention at the international level, that is, how to invest in women´srights to advance the rights of both women and children. We study the problem from a newperspective. In our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861634
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Is Child Labor Harmful? The Impact ofWorking Earlier in Life on Adult Earnings
Emerson, Patrick M.; Souza, André Portela - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper explores the question: is working as a child harmful to an individual in terms ofadult outcomes in earnings? Though an extremely important question, little is known aboutthe effect of child labor on adult outcomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861870
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The Effect of Emigration on Child Labor
Epstein, Gil S.; Kahana, Nava - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We present a general model of child labor that incorporates the various componentspresented in the literature as explanations for its existence. Our proposal is to mitigate thephenomenon by encouraging temporary emigration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861872
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Explaining Variation in Child Labor Statistics
Dillon, Andrew - 2012
Child labor statistics are critical for assessing the extent and nature of child labor activities in developing countries. In practice, widespread variation exists in how child labor is measured. Questionnaire modules vary across countries and within countries over time along several dimensions,...
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