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Child Labor, Crop Shocks, and Credit Constraints

Year: 2003

Type: report

Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between household income shocks and child labor.In particular, we investigate the extent to which transitory income shocks lead to increases in child labor and whether household access to credit mitigates the effects of these shocks.Using panel data from a survey in Tanzania, we find that both relationships are significant.Our results suggest that credit constraints play a role in explaining child labor and consequently that child labor is inefficient, but we also discuss alternative interpretations.

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research

DOI: 10.3386/w10088

Authors: Kathleen Beegle, Rajeev Dehejia, Roberta Gatti

Institutions: National Bureau of Economic Research, World Bank, World Bank Group, Columbia University

Language: English

Topic: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities, Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

Funder: World Bank Group

OpenAlex ID: W1497798313

Cites: 50

Cited by: 73

Related to: 10