Household Choices of Child Labor and Schooling: A Simple Model with Application to Brazil

Autor/inn/en	Soares, Rodrigo R.; Kruger, Diana; Berthelon, Matias
Titel	Household Choices of Child Labor and Schooling: A Simple Model with Application to Brazil
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 47 (2012) 1, S.1-31 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Child Labor; Economic Factors; Income; Socioeconomic Status; Agriculture; Costs; Correlation; Access to Education; Poverty; Children; Computation; Individual Characteristics; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Gender Differences; Educational Attainment; Place of Residence; Family Structure; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Child labour; Kinderarbeit; Ökonomischer Faktor; Einkommen; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Landwirtschaft; Cost; Kosten; Korrelation; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Armut; Child; Kind; Kinder; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rassenunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Wohnort; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Brasilien
Abstract	This paper argues that conflicting results from previous literature--related to the effect of economic conditions on child labor--derive from different income and substitution effects implicit in different types of income variation. We use agricultural shocks to local economic activity in Brazil (coffee production) to distinguish between increases in household income and increases in the opportunity cost of time. Results show that higher household wealth is associated with lower child labor and higher schooling. Nevertheless, temporary increases in local economic activity are associated with higher child labor and lower schooling, particularly for children with poor economic backgrounds. (Contains 10 tables, 1 figure and 15 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10