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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investments : Evidence from Indian Tariff Reform
Edmonds, Eric V. - 2007
decisions? We examine this question in the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. Overall, in the 1990s, rural India … India's rise in schooling and a third of the fall in child labor during the 1990s can be explained by falling poverty and …
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Does child labor lead to vulnerable employment in adulthood? : evidence for Tanzania
Burrone, Sara; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - 2019
This paper investigates the relationship between child labor and status in employment in adulthood. We aim to contribute to the literature that focuses on the obstacles to the formation early in life of the skills that allow people to avoid vulnerability. Using the panel data survey for the...
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Do Constraints on Women Worsen Child Deprivations? Framework, Measurement, and Evidence from India
Posso, Alberto - 2019
India, including 53,030 mothers and 113,708 children, collected in 2015-16.Outcomes are measured as multidimensional …
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Could better jobs for men have improved gender equality? : the relationship between economic growth and gender equality in India
Balasubramanian, Sujata - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 40 (2023) 2, pp. 241-269
. This paper argues that growth in India has not substantially improved gender equality because it has not sufficiently … activated either of these mechanisms. I analyze structural changes from 1982/83 to 2011/12 to show that India's high … poverty-might actually have led to greater gender equality in India-by reducing poverty-linked gender discrimination. The …
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Child labor and trade liberalization in Indonesia
Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Sparrow, Robert - 2009
We examine the effects of trade liberalization on child work in Indonesia. Our estimation strategy identifies geographical differences in the effects of trade policy through district level exposure to reduction in import tariff barriers. We use a balanced panel of 261 districts, based on four...
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Revisiting the Link between Poverty and Child Labor : The Ghanaian Experience
Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Verner, Dorte - 2014
The link between poverty and child labor has traditionally been regarded a well established fact. Recent research, however, has questioned the validity of this link, claiming that poverty is not a main determinant of child labor. Starting from a premise that child labor is not necessarily...
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The Supply of Child Labour
Cigno, Alessandro - 2021
The paper develops a theoretical framework, and a diagrammatic apparatus, for explaining the supply of child labour. It examines the effect of credit, insurance, and poverty (defined as more than just low income). It also explains bonded child labour, a modern form of slavery closely associated...
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Household labor supply and social protection : evidence from Pakistan's BISP Cash Transfer Program
Ambler, Kate; De Brauw, Alan - 2019
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A nexus between child labour and microfinance : an empirical investigation
Chakrabarty, Sayan - In: Economic papers : a journal of applied economics and policy 34 (2015) 1/2, pp. 76-91
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Are children from financially included households less likely to work?
Gaku, Sylvanus - In: African review of economics and finance : AREF : the … 15 (2023) 2, pp. 64-82
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