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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...

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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...

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The Effect of Emigration on Child Labor

Epstein, Gil S. - 2009

We present a general model of child labor that incorporates the various components presented in the literature as explanations for its existence. Our proposal is to mitigate the phenomenon by encouraging temporary emigration. It emerges that the remittances sent by the emigrating parents might...

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Migration, Transfers and Child Labor

Dimova, Ralitza D. - 2014

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The Influence of Orphanhood on Children’s Schooling and Labour : Evidence from Sub Saharan Africa

Guarcello, Lorenzo; Lyon, Scott; Rosati, Furio C.; … - 2011

This paper explores possible links between orphanhood and two important determinants of child vulnerability - child labour and schooling - using household survey data from 10 Sub Saharan Africa countries. It forms part of a broader, ongoing effort to improve policy responses to the orphan crisis...

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Child Labour and Access to Basic Services : Evidence from Five Countries

Guarcello, Lorenzo; Lyon, Scott; Rosati, Furio C. - 2011

Analyses of the determinants of child labour have largely neglected the role of access to basic services. The availability of these services can affect the value of children’s time and, concomitantly, household decisions concerning how this time is allocated between school and work. This paper...

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Trade on GM Crop : Corporate v. Health Debate

Singh, Avinash - 2017

allowance of GM Crop in India. Reason given by government follows for establishing financial stability in country. Various other … committee constituted by Supreme Court to check the precision of permitting GM Crop in India wherein the report came as a … but should in no way ingress the precious right to health that is inherited as a sacrosanct principle in national and …

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The impact of parental health on children's schooling and labour force participation : evidence from Vietnam

Mendolia, Silvia; Nguyen, Thi; Yerokhin, Oleg - 2017

This paper investigates the relationship between parental health shocks and children's engagement in education and … substantial evidence showing the intergenerational transmission of health, the literature investigating the impact of parental … health on children's educational and labour market outcomes is limited, especially in developing countries. We use child …

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Unreported income, education and subjective well-being

Molnár, György; Kapitány, Zsuzsa - 2010

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The quantity and quality of children : a semi-parametric Bayesian IV approach

Frühwirth-Schnatter, Sylvia; Halla, Martin; Posekany, … - 2014

, extend the empirical approach in two ways. First, we add health as an additional outcome dimension. Second, we apply a semi …

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