Child labor: the role of income variability and access to credit across countries

In the absence of developed financial markets, households appear to resort substantially to child labor to cope with income variability. This evidence suggest that policies aimed at increasing households' access to credit could be effective in reducing child labor.

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Main Authors: Dehejia, Rajeev H. (Author), Gatti, Roberta (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2002
Series:National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.>: NBER working paper series 9018
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Summary:In the absence of developed financial markets, households appear to resort substantially to child labor to cope with income variability. This evidence suggest that policies aimed at increasing households' access to credit could be effective in reducing child labor.
Physical Description:41 S. graph. Darst.

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