Child labor, urban proximity and household composition.

Autor/inn/en	Fafchamps, Marcel; Wahba, Jackline
Titel	Child labor, urban proximity and household composition.
Quelle	Bonn: IZA (2006), 37, [10] S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit. 1966
Beigaben	grafische Darstellungen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Allgemein bildende Schule; Bildungsabschluss; Stadt; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Standort; Wohnen; Armut; Einkommensunterschied; Entwicklungsland; Einkommen; Einkommensverteilung; Kinderarbeit; Arbeitspapier; Haushaltseinkommen; Asien; Nepal; Südasien
Abstract	"Using detailed survey data from Nepal, this paper examines the determinants of child labor with a special emphasis on urban proximity. We find that children residing in or near urban centers attend school more and work less in total but are more likely to be involved in wage work or in a small business. The larger the urban center, the stronger the effect is. Urban proximity is found to reduce the workload of children and improve school attendance up to 3 hours of travel time from the city. In areas of commercialized agriculture located 3 to 7 hours from the city, children do more farm work. Urban proximity effects are accounted for by a combination of local labor supply and demand conditions, most notably the local importance of agriculture, the education level of the parents, and the local wage rate. Child servants, which represent a small proportion of all children, work much harder than other children and appear particularly at risk." (author's abstract).
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2006/3