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Why children study, work or stay idle? : some evidence from rural Pakistan
Khan, Muhammad Jehangir; Khan, Karim; Nazeer, Saima - In: Pakistan journal of applied economics : PJAE 30 (2020) 2, pp. 235-256
In thisstudy, we examine what does determine children's decisionsregarding schooling, work, and idleness in rural areas of Pakistan. In particular, we are interested in looking at the effect of children'sillness/disability on parental time allocation decisions with regard to their children....
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Chapter 57 Child Labor
Edmonds, Eric V. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 4, (pp. 3607-3709). 2007
In recent years, there has been an astonishing proliferation of empirical work on child labor. An Econlit search of keywords “child lab*r” reveals a total of 6 peer reviewed journal articles between 1980 and 1990, 65 between 1990 and 2000, and 143 in the first five years of the present...
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What drives women participation in unpaid work in India?
Kumar, Manik; Singh, Udai Bhan; Kumar, Nilesh - In: Thailand and the world economy 41 (2023) 2, pp. 137-155
activities in India. The study is based on the employment-unemployment survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Office …
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The 'nowhere' children : patriarchy and the role of girls in India's rural economy
Kambhampati, Uma S.; Rajan, Raji - In: The journal of development studies : JDS 44 (2008) 9, pp. 1309-1341
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The relation between child work and the employment of mothers in India
Francavilla, Francesca; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - In: International journal of manpower 31 (2010) 2, pp. 232-257
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Girl child labour in domestic services : are they really empowered?
Sarkar, Siddharta - In: International journal of education economics and development 2 (2011) 2, pp. 156-167
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The effect of time-saving household appliance ownership on outcomes for children and married women : evidence from India
Bhargava, Smriti; Kerr, Amanda - In: IZA journal of labor policy 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-42
We use microlevel data from the India Human Development Survey to test our hypothesis that ownership of time …
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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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The effect of public employment on children’s work and school attendance : evidence from a social protection program in Argentina
Juras, Randall - In: IZA journal of labor & development 3 (2014), pp. 1-20
I assess the short-term impact of a public employment program on child labor and school attendance in Argentina. Public employment increases opportunities for adults outside the household, and may correspondingly raise the returns to children's productive activities at home. The effect of public...
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Reallocating children's time : coping strategies after the 2010 Haiti earthquake
Novella, Rafael; Zanuso, Claire - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 8 (2018) 4, pp. 1-32
This paper estimates the impact of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on the household decision about children’s time allocation. Using original data and objective geological measures, we exploit the fact that the earthquake might affect the decision about children’s time through its magnitude and...
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