This paper examines human capital investment in rural households of developing countries, where child labour is prevalent. There are two features to the model: first, children contribute in an economic sense through child labour and through old-age security. Therefore, demand for children is...

This paper examines optimal investment in children's schooling using a two-period model. Children are assumed to contribute in an economic sense through child labour when they are young and through old-age security as adults. Parents therefore face a trade-off between current and future returns...

This paper examines the effects of individual, household and community characteristics on two aspects of fertility among South African women the age at first conception and the number of pregnancies. We find that education has a significant effect in pushing back the age at first conception and...