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Origins and Consequences of Child Labor Restrictions : A Macroeconomic Perspective
Doepke, Matthias - 2014
In this paper we investigate the positive and normative consequences of child-labor restrictions for economic aggregates and welfare. We argue that even though the laissez-faire equilibrium may be inefficient, there are usually better policies to cure these inefficiencies than the imposition of...
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The Impact of Minimum Age of Employment Regulation on Child Labor and Schooling : Evidence from Unicef Mics Countries
Edmonds, Eric V. - 2013
Promoting minimum age of employment regulation has been a centerpiece in child labor policy for the last 15 years. If … enforced, minimum age regulation would change the age profile of paid child employment. Using micro-data from 59 mostly low …. While age may explain little of the variation in paid employment, minimum age of employment regulation could simultaneously …
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Poverty Alleviation and Child Labor
Edmonds, Eric V. - 2014
How important are subsistence concerns in a family's decision to send a child to work? We consider this question in Ecuador, where poor families are selected at random to receive a cash transfer that is equivalent to 7 percent of monthly expenditures. Winning the cash transfer lottery is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070779
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Do International Labor Standards Contribute to the Persistence of the Child Labor Problem?
Doepke, Matthias - 2014
In recent years, a number of governments and consumer groups in rich countries have tried to discourage the use of child labor in poor countries through measures such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor standards. The purported objective of such measures is to reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071085
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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investments : Evidence from Indian Tariff Reform
Edmonds, Eric V. - 2010
protected industries before liberalization do not experience as large an increase in schooling or decline in child labor. The …
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The Impact of Financial Education for Youth in Ghana
Berry, James - 2015
We evaluate, using a randomized trial, two school-based financial literacy education programs in government-run primary … and junior high schools in Ghana. One program integrated financial and social education, whereas the second program only … offered financial education. Both programs included a voluntary after-school savings club that provided students with a locked …
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Child Labor : The Role of Income Variability and Access to Credit Across Countries
Dehejia, Rajeev H.; Gatti, Roberta - 2021
This paper examines the relationship between child labor and access to credit at a cross-country level. Even though this link is theoretically central to child labor, so far there has been little work done to assess its importance empirically. We measure child labor as a country aggregate, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013215341
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Child Labor, Crop Shocks, and Credit Constraints
Beegle, Kathleen; Dehejia, Rajeev H.; Gatti, Roberta - 2021
This paper examines the relationship between household income shocks and child labor. In particular, we investigate the extent to which transitory income shocks lead to increases in child labor and whether household access to credit mitigates the effects of these shocks. Using panel data from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218344
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Does Illiquidity Alter Child Labor and Schooling Decisions? Evidence from Household Responses to Anticipated Cash Transfers in South Africa
Edmonds, Eric V. - 2021
child labor and schooling are largest among pensioners with little formal education. This finding suggests that the current …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218969
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Why Should We Care About Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor
Beegle, Kathleen; Dehejia, Rajeev H.; Gatti, Roberta - 2021
, there is limited evidence on the consequences of child labor on socio-economic outcomes such as education, wages, and health … negative returns to their own education. This evidence suggests that reducing child labor will require facilitating access to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013220964