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 …

fixed effect instrumental variables strategy to estimate the causal effect of income on children's math and reading …,100. Using a panel of over 6,000 children matched to their mothers from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth datasets allows us … reading test scores by 3.6% of a standard deviation. The results are even stronger when looking at children from disadvantaged …

We consider the life cycle choices of a household that in each period decides how much to consume and how to allocate …, spouses' wages, hours of work, and time spent with children to estimate the sensitivity of consumption and time allocation to … transitory and permanent wage shocks. These structural parameters describe the ability of household to self-insure in response to …

worked as children. We find no significant effects on health. Over a longer horizon, we estimate that from age 30 onward the …

decrease school enrollment for both young and older children. These effects appear to decrease inter-household income … outcomes, including employment, education, and household inequality. We develop a stylized general equilibrium model of child … for older children aged 14--17. Child labor bans in RTAs perversely increase child employment among 14--17 year olds and …

measurement error. In this paper, we use an instrumental variables strategy to estimate the causal effect of income on children … $2,100, between 1993 and 1997. Using a panel of roughly 4,500 children matched to their mothers from National … math and reading test scores by 6% of a standard deviation in the short-run. Test gains are larger for children from …

children in families offered vouchers (with larger effects among younger children), the results show no significant effects on … test scores for any age group among over 5000 children ages 6 to 20 in 2002 who were assessed four to seven years after …

of children from poorer families …

Selective universities regularly employ policies that favor children of alumni (known as legacies') in undergraduate … universities and have children, however, the potential pool of legacy applicants will change markedly in racial composition. This … analysis begins with a review of the history and objectives of the preference for children of alumni in undergraduate …