Household Composition and the Response of Child Labor Supply to Product Market Integration : Evidence from Vietnam
Market integration raises the relative price of a community's export product. The author examines how the response of child labor supply to an increase in the relative price of a primary export product varies with a child's household comp...
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okr-10986-156282021-04-23T14:03:20Z Household Composition and the Response of Child Labor Supply to Product Market Integration : Evidence from Vietnam Edmonds, Eric V. ACCOUNT CHILD LABOR CHILD PARTICIPATION CHILD WORKERS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH EQUILIBRIUM FOOD SECURITY INCOME INTERNATIONAL MARKETS LABOR MARKET LEISURE LIVING STANDARDS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET PRICES OLDER CHILDREN OLDER SIBLINGS PARENTS PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASES PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY SPREAD SUBSTITUTES SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SUPPLY FUNCTIONS SURPLUS TERMS OF TRADE TREATIES WORKING CHILDREN YOUNG ADULTS YOUNGER BROTHERS YOUNGER CHILDREN Market integration raises the relative price of a community's export product. The author examines how the response of child labor supply to an increase in the relative price of a primary export product varies with a child's household composition. The specific context for his study is the liberalization of rice markets in Vietnam in the 1990s. Between 1993 and 1998, Vietnam lifted export restrictions on rice, allowing the domestic price to rise toward international levels, and eliminated internal restrictions on the flow of rice between regions of Vietnam. So, the relative price of rice increased overall in Vietnam, but the degree of price change varied across communities with the lifting of restrictions on internal flows. The author finds that the response of child labor supply to rice price increases is increasing the amount of time children work. Thus, household composition attributes that are associated with higher levels of child labor are also associated with larger declines in child labor with rice price increases. The results are consistent with girls particularly benefiting from product market integration because they work more than boys do. The results suggest that economic factors associated with economic reform may attenuate differences in the activities of siblings that are typically associated with cultural traditions and norms. 2013-09-04T21:03:00Z 2013-09-04T21:03:00Z 2004-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3168766/household-composition-response-child-labor-supply-product-market-integration-evidence-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15628 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3235 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Vietnam |
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ACCOUNT CHILD LABOR CHILD PARTICIPATION CHILD WORKERS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH EQUILIBRIUM FOOD SECURITY INCOME INTERNATIONAL MARKETS LABOR MARKET LEISURE LIVING STANDARDS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET PRICES OLDER CHILDREN OLDER SIBLINGS PARENTS PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASES PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY SPREAD SUBSTITUTES SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SUPPLY FUNCTIONS SURPLUS TERMS OF TRADE TREATIES WORKING CHILDREN YOUNG ADULTS YOUNGER BROTHERS YOUNGER CHILDREN |
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ACCOUNT CHILD LABOR CHILD PARTICIPATION CHILD WORKERS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH EQUILIBRIUM FOOD SECURITY INCOME INTERNATIONAL MARKETS LABOR MARKET LEISURE LIVING STANDARDS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET PRICES OLDER CHILDREN OLDER SIBLINGS PARENTS PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASES PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY SPREAD SUBSTITUTES SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SUPPLY FUNCTIONS SURPLUS TERMS OF TRADE TREATIES WORKING CHILDREN YOUNG ADULTS YOUNGER BROTHERS YOUNGER CHILDREN Edmonds, Eric V. Household Composition and the Response of Child Labor Supply to Product Market Integration : Evidence from Vietnam |
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Market integration raises the relative
price of a community's export product. The author
examines how the response of child labor supply to an
increase in the relative price of a primary export product
varies with a child's household composition. The
specific context for his study is the liberalization of rice
markets in Vietnam in the 1990s. Between 1993 and 1998,
Vietnam lifted export restrictions on rice, allowing the
domestic price to rise toward international levels, and
eliminated internal restrictions on the flow of rice between
regions of Vietnam. So, the relative price of rice increased
overall in Vietnam, but the degree of price change varied
across communities with the lifting of restrictions on
internal flows. The author finds that the response of child
labor supply to rice price increases is increasing the
amount of time children work. Thus, household composition
attributes that are associated with higher levels of child
labor are also associated with larger declines in child
labor with rice price increases. The results are consistent
with girls particularly benefiting from product market
integration because they work more than boys do. The results
suggest that economic factors associated with economic
reform may attenuate differences in the activities of
siblings that are typically associated with cultural
traditions and norms. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Edmonds, Eric V. |
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Edmonds, Eric V. |
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Edmonds, Eric V. |
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Household Composition and the Response of Child Labor Supply to Product Market Integration : Evidence from Vietnam |
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Household Composition and the Response of Child Labor Supply to Product Market Integration : Evidence from Vietnam |
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Household Composition and the Response of Child Labor Supply to Product Market Integration : Evidence from Vietnam |
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Household Composition and the Response of Child Labor Supply to Product Market Integration : Evidence from Vietnam |
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Household Composition and the Response of Child Labor Supply to Product Market Integration : Evidence from Vietnam |
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household composition and the response of child labor supply to product market integration : evidence from vietnam |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3168766/household-composition-response-child-labor-supply-product-market-integration-evidence-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15628 |
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