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The influence of market wages and parental history on child labour and schooling in Egypt
Wahba, Jackline (contributor) - 2005
This paper examines the influence of adult market wages and having parents who were child labourers on child labour … low adult market wages are key determinants of child labour; a 10 percent increase in the illiterate male market wage … increases the likelihood of child labour. -- child labour ; child schooling ; wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003248225
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The Influence of Market Wages and Parental History on Child Labour and Schooling in Egypt
Wahba, Jackline - 2021
This paper examines the influence of adult market wages and having parents who were child labourers on child labour … low adult market wages are key determinants of child labour; a 10 percent increase in the illiterate male market wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318240
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The Influence of Market Wages and Parental History on Child Labour and Schooling in Egypt
Wahba, Jackline - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper examines the influence of adult market wages and having parents who were child labourers on child labour … low adult market wages are key determinants of child labour; a 10 percent increase in the illiterate male market wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566569
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The Effect of Emigration on Child Labor
Epstein, Gil S.; Kahana, Nava - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We present a general model of child labor that incorporates the various componentspresented in the literature as explanations for its existence. Our proposal is to mitigate thephenomenon by encouraging temporary emigration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861872
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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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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 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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Do Market Wages Influence Child Labour and Child Schooling?
Wahba, Jackline - 2004
This paper provides empirical evidence on the joint determinants of child labor and child schooling using individual level data from Egypt. The main findings are as follows: (i) A 10% increase in the illiterate male market wage decreases the probability of child labor by 21.5% for boys and 13.1%...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014133589
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Why children study, work or stay idle? : some evidence from rural Pakistan
Khan, Muhammad Jehangir; Khan, Karim; Nazeer, Saima - In: Pakistan journal of applied economics : PJAE 30 (2020) 2, pp. 235-256
In thisstudy, we examine what does determine children's decisionsregarding schooling, work, and idleness in rural areas of Pakistan. In particular, we are interested in looking at the effect of children'sillness/disability on parental time allocation decisions with regard to their children....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814081