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Edmonds, Eric V.; Salinger, Philip - 2007

examining the correlates of out-migration for children under 15 whose mother's reside in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. 1 … are consistent with a classical view of migration: children on average appear to migrate out of competitive, rural child … labor markets for net financial gain. The costs of migration are important. Children are less likely to migrate from more …

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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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Economic Influences on Child Migration Decisions:Evidence from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

Edmonds, Eric V.; Salinger, Philip - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

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Intrinsic Competition and the Labor-Schooling Trade-off in Uganda Competition in Child Labor and Schooling Decision Making in Uganda. Evidence from a Bivariate Probit Model

Ganglmair, Bernhard - EconWPA - 2005

I argue that a households interdependent decisions over their childrens labor and school activities are not only a function of observable hard facts but also of its intrinsic values and beliefs. Applying econometric methods, after all observable factors have been controlled for, the degree to...

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The Economics of Child Trafficking

Dessy, Sylvain; Pallage, Stéphane - Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques … - 2003

In this paper, we highlight the economic effects of the existence of child trafficking. We show that the risk of child trafficking on the labor market acts as a deterrent to supply child labor, unless household survival is at stake. An imperfectly enforceable legislation aiming at fighting child...

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Pandemic Impact on Migrants, Immigrants and Reverse Migrants in India. Implications for Immediate Policy Interventions

Pazhanisamy, R. - 2020

trace and reveals the extent of migrants population in India and discover the lock down caused socio economic impact of …

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Structural Estimation and Policy Evaluation in Developing Countries

Todd, Petra E.; Wolpin, Kenneth I. - In: Annual Review of Economics 2 (2010) 1, pp. 21-50

This review discusses the use of discrete choice dynamic programming (DCDP) methods for evaluating policies of particular relevance to developing countries, such as policies to reduce child labor and increase school attendance, improve school quality, affect immigration flows, expand old-age...

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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India

Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - 2014

This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and social strata. We compare women and births in rural Indian districts more or less exposed to tariff cuts. For low socioeconomic status women, tariff cuts increase the likelihood of...

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Returns to Education and Female Work Force Participation Nexus: Evidence from India

Kanjilal-Bhaduri, Sanghamitra; Pastore, Francesco - 2018

In this paper, we make an attempt to understand whether low labour market returns to education in India are responsible … level data of India for the year 2011-12 is used to examine the relationship between educational attainment and labour …

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Returns to Education and Female Participation Nexus: Evidence from India

Kanjilal-Bhaduri, Sanghamitra; Pastore, Francesco - 2017

In this paper, we make an attempt to understand whether low labour market returns to education in India are responsible … level data of India for the year 2011–12 is used to examine the relationship between educational attainment and labour …

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