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Child Labor, Income Shocks, and Access to Credit

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dc.contributor.authorDehejia, Rajeev H.
dc.contributor.authorBeegle, Kathleen
dc.contributor.authorGatti, Roberta
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-09T19:20:05Z
dc.date.available2014-05-09T19:20:05Z
dc.date.issued2003-06
dc.description.abstractAlthough a growing theoretical literature points to credit constraints as an important source of inefficiently high child labor, little work has been done to assess its empirical relevance. Using panel data from Tanzania, the authors find that households respond to transitory income shocks by increasing child labor, but that the extent to which child labor is used as a buffer is lower when households have access to credit. These findings contribute to the empirical literature on the permanent income hypothesis by showing that credit-constrained households actively use child labor to smooth their income. Moreover, they highlight a potentially important determinant of child labor and, as a result, a mechanism that can be used to tackle it.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2874539/child-labor-income-shocks-access-credit
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3075
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/18222
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 3075
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCOUNT
dc.subjectADULT MORTALITY
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR ISSUES
dc.subjectCONDITIONS FOR CHILDREN
dc.subjectCREDIT RATIONING
dc.subjectCROWDING
dc.subjectCROWDING OUT
dc.subjectDURABLE GOODS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC IMPACT
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectECONOMISTS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL RESEARCH
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL STUDIES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectFINANCIAL MARKETS
dc.subjectFORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLEISURE
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectMARKET FAILURES
dc.subjectOLDER CHILDREN
dc.subjectOLDER SIBLINGS
dc.subjectORPHANHOOD
dc.subjectPARENTAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subjectTHEORETICAL MODELS
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWORKING CHILDREN
dc.subjectYOUNGER CHILDREN CHILD LABOR ELIMINATION
dc.subjectACCESS TO CREDIT
dc.subjectINCOME SHOCK
dc.subjectCREDIT MARKETS
dc.subjectTANZANIA
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectYOUNGER CHILDREN
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR ELIMINATION
dc.titleChild Labor, Income Shocks, and Access to Crediten
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaJobs
okr.crossref.titleChild Labor, Income Shocks, and Access to Credit
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:39:15.009909Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2874539/child-labor-income-shocks-access-credit
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3075
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000265513_20040130123109
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum2874539
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryTanzania
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.unitDevelopment Research Group
okr.volume1 of 1
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