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Child Labor : The Role of Income Variability and Access to Credit in a Cross-Section of Countries

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dc.contributor.authorDehejia, Rajeev H.
dc.contributor.authorGatti, Roberta
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-09T22:16:05Z
dc.date.available2013-09-09T22:16:05Z
dc.date.issued2002-01
dc.description.abstractEven though access to credit is central to child labor theoretically, little work has been done to assess its importance empirically. Dehejia and Gatti examine the link between access to credit and child labor at a cross-country level. The authors measure child labor as a country aggregate, and proxy credit constraints by the level of financial market development. These two variables display a strong negative (unconditional) relationship. The authors show that even after they control for a wide range of variables-including GDP per capita, urbanization, initial child labor, schooling, fertility, legal institutions, inequality, and openness-this relationship remains strong and statistically significant. Moreover, they find that, in the absence of developed financial markets, households resort to child labor to cope with income variability. This evidence suggests that policies aimed at increasing households' access to credit could be effective in reducing child labor.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1687160/child-labor-role-income-variability-access-credit-cross-section-countries
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2767
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/15753
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2767
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR LAWS
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL STUDIES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectFINANCIAL MARKETS
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINVESTIGATION
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLEGAL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectLEISURE
dc.subjectMACROECONOMICS
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subjectWAGES CHILD LABOR
dc.subjectINCOME VARIABILITY
dc.subjectACCESS TO CREDIT
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectCROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE
dc.subjectCAPITAL MARKETS
dc.subjectGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectFERTILITY RATES
dc.subjectLEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectLIBERALIZATION
dc.titleChild Labor : The Role of Income Variability and Access to Credit in a Cross-Section of Countriesen
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okr.crossref.titleChild Labor: The Role of Income Variability and Access to Credit in a Cross-Section
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1687160/child-labor-role-income-variability-access-credit-cross-section-countries
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2767
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum1687160
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okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicUrban Development::Street Children
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicHealth Economics and Finance
okr.topicGovernance::Youth and Governance
okr.topicSocial Development::Children and Youth
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
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