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Does globalisation increase child labour?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio Camillo; Guarcello, Lorenzo - 2002
There is no empirical evidence that trade exposure per se increases child labour. As trade theory and household economics lead us to expect, the cross-country evidence seems to indicate that trade reduces or, at worst, has no significant effect on child labour. Consistently with the theory, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410919
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Migration, Transfers and Child Labor
Dimova, Ralitza D. - 2014
We examine agricultural child labor in the context of emigration, transfers, and the ability to hire outside labor. We start by developing a theoretical background based on Basu and Van, (1998), Basu, (1999) and Epstein and Kahana (2008) and show how hiring labor from outside the household and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068223
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Migration, transfers and child labor
Dimova, Ralitza; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2011
We examine agricultural child labor in the context of emigration, transfers, and the ability to hire outside labor. We start by developing a theoretical background based on Basu and Van, (1998), Basu, (1999) and Epstein and Kahana (2008) and show how hiring labor from outside the household and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009238596
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Migration, transfers and child labor
Dimova, Ralitza; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2011
We examine agricultural child labor in the context of emigration, transfers, and the ability to hire outside labor. We start by developing a theoretical background based on Basu and Van, (1998), Basu, (1999) and Epstein and Kahana (2008) and show how hiring labor from outside the household and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008658
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Migration, transfers and child labor
Dimova, Ralitza; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2015
We examine agricultural child labor in the context of emigration, transfers, and the ability to hire outside labor. We start by developing a theoretical background based on Basu and Van, (1998), Basu, (1999, 2000) and Epstein and Kahana (2008) and show how hiring labor from outside the household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398473
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Unreported income, education and subjective well-being
Molnár, György; Kapitány, Zsuzsa - 2010
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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...
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Son Preference and Children's Housework : The Case of India
Lin, Tin-Chi - 2012
Son preference in countries like India results in higher female infant mortality rates and differentially lower access … to health care and education for girls than for boys. We use a nationally representative survey of Indian households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099089
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Why do Indian children work, and is it bad for them?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio Camillo - 2000
, the rational response. Suitable policies include reductions in the cost of attending school, and public health … improvements. The effects of these policies go far beyond direct impacts. Health policies have favourable indirect repercussions on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001471803
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Son preference and children's housework : the case of India
Lin, Tin-chi; Adserà, Alícia - 2012
's treatment. -- son preference ; child labor ; housework ; India ; National Family Health Survey …Son preference in countries like India results in higher female infant mortality rates and differentially lower access … to health care and education for girls than for boys. We use a nationally representative survey of Indian households …
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