Child labor and agricultural shocks

被引:215
作者
Beegle, Kathleen
Dehejia, Rajeev H. [1 ]
Gatti, Roberta
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Dept Ecol & SIPA, New York, NY 10027 USA
[2] World Bank, Dev Res Grp, Washington, DC USA
[3] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
关键词
child labor; buffer stocks; credit constraints; consumption smoothing;
D O I
10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.05.003
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
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 asset holdings mitigate the effects of these shocks. Using data from a household panel survey in Tanzania, we find that both relationships are significant. We investigate mechanisms that could account for these results, including buffer stocks and borrowing. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:80 / 96
页数:17
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