Child Labor, Income Shocks, and Access to Credit

Child Labor, Income Shocks, and Access to Credit

Although 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 hous...

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Main Authors: Beegle, Kathleen, Dehejia, Rajeev H., Gatti, Roberta
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCOUNT
ADULT MORTALITY
CHILD LABOR
CHILD LABOR ISSUES
CONDITIONS FOR CHILDREN
CREDIT RATIONING
CROWDING
CROWDING OUT
DURABLE GOODS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMICS
ECONOMISTS
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FORMAL EDUCATION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INSURANCE
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
LEISURE
LIVING STANDARDS
MARKET FAILURES
OLDER CHILDREN
OLDER SIBLINGS
ORPHANHOOD
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PARENTS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
SAVINGS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
THEORETICAL MODELS
WAGES
WORKING CHILDREN
YOUNGER CHILDREN CHILD LABOR ELIMINATION
ACCESS TO CREDIT
INCOME SHOCK
CREDIT MARKETS
TANZANIA
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
YOUNGER CHILDREN
CHILD LABOR ELIMINATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2874539/child-labor-income-shocks-access-credit
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18222

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2874539/child-labor-income-shocks-access-credit
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18222

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