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Economic influences on child migration decisions : evidence from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

Edmonds, Eric V. (contributor); Salinger, Philip (contributor) - 2007

examining the correlates of out-migration for children under 15 whose mother's reside in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. 1 … and economic contexts. -- Child labor ; migration ; India … are consistent with a classical view of migration: children on average appear to migrate out of competitive, rural child …

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Child Labour in South Asia

Edmonds, Eric - 2003

The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 19% of children aged 5-14 in Asia and the Pacific are economically active (ILO, 2002). These 127.3 million children constitute 60% of all child labourers worldwide. The aim of this study is to better understand child labour in South Asia...

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

Edmonds, Eric; Salinger, Philip - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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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Child labor bans, employment, and school attendance : evidence from changes in the minimum working age

Kozhaya, Mireille; Martinez Flores, Fernanda - 2022

This paper investigates the effect of a unique child labor ban regulation on employment and school enrollment. The ban implemented in Mexico in 2015, increased the minimum working age from 14 to 15, introduced restrictions to employ underage individuals, and imposed penalties for the violation...

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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

examining the correlates of out-migration for children under 15whose mother's reside in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. 1 …

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Market access and child labour : survey evidence from Rural Uganda

Muhumuza, Tony - 2012

The study analyses the relationship between access to rural product markets and the extent and nature of child labour. It is built on the view that if physical markets can shape rural development through, for instance, influencing prices, household production decisions and employment, the...

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Impact of income and non-income shocks on child labour : evidence from a panel survey of Tanzania

Bandara, Amarakoon; Dehejia, Rajeev H.; Rouse, Shaheen Lavie - 2014

This paper investigates the impact of income and non-income shocks on child labour using a model in which the household maximizes utility from consumption as well as human capital development of the child. Two types of shocks are considered: agricultural shocks as an income shock and the death...

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Can microinsurance help prevent child labor? : an impact evaluation from Pakistan

Landmann, Andreas; Frölich, Markus - 2013

Child labor is a common consequence of economic shocks in developing countries. We show how reducing vulnerability can affect child labor and schooling. We exploit the extension of a health and accident insurance scheme by a Pakistani microfinance institution (MFI) that was set up as a...

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Core labour standards and FDI: friends or foes? : The case of child labour

Braun, Sebastian (contributor) - 2006

We test the often-cited hypothesis that high levels of child labour attract foreign investors. Using panel data we show the overall effect, which child labour has on foreign direct investment (FDI), to be a (small) negative one. We find strong evidence for the theoretical prediction that child...

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