The Impact of Income and Non-Income Shocks on Child Labor: Evidence from a Panel Survey of Tanzania

被引:61
作者
Bandara, Amarakoon [1 ]
Dehejia, Rajeev [2 ]
Lavie-Rouse, Shaheen [3 ]
机构
[1] United Nations Dev Programme, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
[2] NYU, New York, NY 10003 USA
[3] Anal Grp Inc, Boston, MA USA
关键词
child labor; buffer stocks; agricultural shocks; consumption smoothing; RISK; INSURANCE; CHOICE; MARKET;
D O I
10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.10.019
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
020101 [政治经济学]; 020103 [经济史]; 030301 [社会学];
摘要
This paper investigates the impact of income and non-income shocks on child labor using a model in which the household maximizes utility from consumption as well as human capital development of the child. We also investigate if access to credit and household assets act as buffers against transitory shocks. Our results indicate significant effects of agricultural shocks on the child's overall work hours and agricultural work hours, with higher effects for boys. Crop shocks also have significant adverse effects on school attendance, with girls experiencing a more-than 70% increase in the probability of quitting schooling. The results also indicate that access to a bank account has a buffering effect on the impact of shocks on child hunger. Having a bank account reduces both male child labor and household work hours of a girl child. While assets reduce working hours of girls, we do not find it having a significant effect on boys. We also do not see assets to act as a buffer against shocks. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:218 / 237
页数:20
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