We examine the effects of trade liberalization on child work in Indonesia. Our estimation strategy identifies … survey (Susenas), and relate workforce participation of children aged 10-15 to geographic variation in relative tariff … among the 10 to 15 year olds. The effects of tariff reductions are strongest for children from low skill backgrounds and in …

context of work and retirement patterns in Indonesia, Korea, the United States, and the United Kingdom. As is common in many … Korea and Indonesia. Descriptive evidence is presented suggesting that pension eligible workers are far more likely to cease …

Indonesia on local public spending across communities with different types of local institutions. Our results provide evidence …

Although the theoretical trade-off between the quantity and quality of children is well-established, empirical evidence … the quantity-quality trade-off across the entire distribution. Using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey and …

Overall, children in Germany live in households with below average incomes; therefore social policies that address the … vulnerable position of Germany?s children are necessary. These policies should cover targeted financial transfers as well as … improvements in day care provision for children. With respect to selected non-monetary as well as monetary indicators our empirical …

The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of fiscal policy on the economic resources available to children … groups, and in particular to what degree do cash transfer and tax systems benefit children relative to older groups? Second …, what fractions of the needs of children are supported by elements of the tax and transfer systems directed explicitly to …

. This involves a method for embodying the ideal of children having priority on social resources into a particular set of …

local children. Reduced-form estimates offer evidence of adverse impacts almost 1.5 years after the shock: a worsening of … children's anthropometrics of 0.3 standard deviations, an increase of 15 to 20 percentage points in the incidence of infectious … diseases and an increase of roughly 7 percentage points in mortality for children under five. I also exploit intra- and inter …