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Impact of income and non-income shocks on child labour : evidence from a panel survey of Tanzania
Bandara, Amarakoon; Dehejia, Rajeev H.; Rouse, Shaheen Lavie - 2014
This paper investigates the impact of income and non-income shocks on child labour using a model in which the household maximizes utility from consumption as well as human capital development of the child. Two types of shocks are considered: agricultural shocks as an income shock and the death...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408442
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More is more : livelihood interventions and child labor in the agricultural sector
Chiodi, Vera; Escudero, Verónica - 2020
of their children on their family farms, accompanied by an education intervention aimed to improve the quality of schools … measures to improve the quality of education in Peru, we see a reduction in hazardous child labor and child labor overall … had an effect in the reduction of child labor, and these effects were reinforced by education interventions. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390940
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The Effect of ILO Minimum Age Conventions on Child Labour and School Attendance
Boockmann, Bernhard - 2004
Child labour has always been one of the core concerns of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). In this paper, we investigate whether ILO conventions have contributed to reducing the scale of the problem. We use two approaches to answering the question. Evidence based on country-level data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297377
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Core labour standards and FDI: friends or foes? : The case of child labour
Braun, Sebastian (contributor) - 2006
We test the often-cited hypothesis that high levels of child labour attract foreign investors. Using panel data we show the overall effect, which child labour has on foreign direct investment (FDI), to be a (small) negative one. We find strong evidence for the theoretical prediction that child...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003324312
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Can microinsurance help prevent child labor? : an impact evaluation from Pakistan
Landmann, Andreas; Frölich, Markus - 2013
Child labor is a common consequence of economic shocks in developing countries. We show how reducing vulnerability can affect child labor and schooling. We exploit the extension of a health and accident insurance scheme by a Pakistani microfinance institution (MFI) that was set up as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729705
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Market access and child labour : survey evidence from Rural Uganda
Muhumuza, Tony - 2012
The study analyses the relationship between access to rural product markets and the extent and nature of child labour. It is built on the view that if physical markets can shape rural development through, for instance, influencing prices, household production decisions and employment, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009666495
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Child labor bans, employment, and school attendance : evidence from changes in the minimum working age
Kozhaya, Mireille; Martinez Flores, Fernanda - 2022
This paper investigates the effect of a unique child labor ban regulation on employment and school enrollment. The ban implemented in Mexico in 2015, increased the minimum working age from 14 to 15, introduced restrictions to employ underage individuals, and imposed penalties for the violation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013163233
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Child labor bans, employment, and school attendance : evidence from changes in the minimum working age
Kozhaya, Mireille; Martinez Flores, Fernanda - 2022
This paper investigates the effect of a unique child labor ban regulation on employment and school enrollment. The ban implemented in Mexico in 2015, increased the minimum working age from 14 to 15, introduced restrictions to employ underage individuals, and imposed penalties for the violation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013169563
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Why is Child Labor Illegal?
Dessy, Sylvain - 2007
develop a theory of the emergence of mandatory education laws. If parents are unable to commit to educating their children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012732366
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The Wealth Paradox for Whom? Child Labor and the Identification of Households Excluded from the Land and the Labor Markets in Madagascar
Badji, Samia - 2016
The paper aims at identifying households who have their children work more because their access is constrained on the land and the labor markets. Data from the 2005 "Enquête auprès des Ménages" (EPM) collected in Madagascar provide information on the amount of hours worked by each household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977597