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Child work and schooling costs in rural Northern India
Hazarika, Gautam (contributor);  … - 2006
children's propensities to work and to attend school in rural northern India in a bid to assess the extent of trade-off between … activities. Thus, unlike recent studies of child work in India's South Asian neighbors of Bangladesh and Pakistan, this paper … uncovers evidence of substantial trade-off between child work and school attendance. -- child labor ; schooling costs ; India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003323155
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Child Work and Schooling Costs in Rural Northern India
Hazarika, Gautam - 2006
children's propensities to work and to attend school in rural northern India in a bid to assess the extent of trade-off between … activities. Thus, unlike recent studies of child work in India's South Asian neighbors of Bangladesh and Pakistan, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780055
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Climate variability, child labour and schooling : evidence on the intensive and extensive margin
Colmer, Jonathan - 2013 - First draft: June 2012
How does future income uncertainty affect child labour and human capital accumulation? Using a unique panel dataset, we examine the effect of changes in climate variability on the allocation of time among child labour activities (the intensive margin) as well as participation in education and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010189313
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Child Labour : Insights from an Agricultural Household Model
Angemi, Diego - 2012
This manuscript investigates the extent to which children contribute to the household’s agricultural activities. The conclusion that children play an important role in the farming activities of Ugandan agricultural households is supported by two key findings: (i) Child labour accounts for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014173773
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Impact of Social Labeling on Child Labor in the Indian Carpet Industry
Chakrabarty, Sayan; Grote, Ulrike - 2014
are engaged in the social labeling process. Data was obtained from interviews with 417 households in North India. Based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014224860
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Can a ban on child labour be self-enforcing?
Cigno, Alessandro - 2023
Basu and Van (1998) show that a ban on child labour may be self-enforcing if, above the subsistence level, no amount of consumption can compensate parents for the disutility of child labour. We show that a partial ban may be self-enforcing, but a total one never is, if education is available,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014340123
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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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Of trackers and tractors : using a smartphone app and compositional data analysis to explore the link between mechanization and intra-household allocation of time in Zambia
Daum, Thomas; Capezzone, Filippo; Birner, Regina - 2019
Digital tools may help to study socioeconomic aspects of agricultural development that are difficult to measure such as the effects of new technologies, policies and practices on the intra-household allocation of time. As new technologies, policies and practices may target different crops and...
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Child education and work : evidence from Mexico's full-time school program
Kozhaya, Mireille; Martinez Flores, Fernanda - 2020 - This version: June 2020
This paper examines the effect of a program that extended the length of a school day to improve schooling quality in Mexico, on school enrollment, time spent on schooling activities, and child labor of children aged 7 to 14. We take advantage of the staggered implementation of the FTS program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012426653
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Does promoting school attendance reduce child labour? : evidence from Burkina Faso's BRIGHT project
Hoop, Jacobus de; Rosati, Furio Camillo - 2012
Using data from BRIGHT, an integrated program that aims to improve school participation in rural communities in Burkina Faso, we investigate the impact of school subsidies and increased access to education on child work. Regression discontinuity estimates demonstrate that, while BRIGHT...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548129