Wealth: Crucial but Not Sufficient--Evidence from Pakistan on Economic Growth, Child Labour and Schooling

This study uses cross-sectional time-series data to examine the relationship between wealth and child labour and schooling in Pakistan and finds that wealth is crucial in determining a child's activities, but is far from being a sufficient condition to enrol a child in school. This is particula...

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Main Author:	Hou, Xiaohui
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Macroeconomics: Production E230 Analysis of Education I210 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Labor Standards: Labor Force Composition J820 Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5854

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spelling	okr-10986-58542021-04-23T14:02:23Z Wealth: Crucial but Not Sufficient--Evidence from Pakistan on Economic Growth, Child Labour and Schooling Hou, Xiaohui Macroeconomics: Production E230 Analysis of Education I210 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Labor Standards: Labor Force Composition J820 Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 This study uses cross-sectional time-series data to examine the relationship between wealth and child labour and schooling in Pakistan and finds that wealth is crucial in determining a child's activities, but is far from being a sufficient condition to enrol a child in school. This is particularly the case for rural girls. Nonparametric analysis shows a universal increase in school enrolment for rural girls from 1998-2006 and this increase is independent of wealth. Multinomial logit regression further shows that wealth is insignificant in determining households' decisions about rural girls' activity. Thus, interventions to increase school enrolment should incorporate broadly targeted, demand-side interventions as well as supply-side interventions. 2012-03-30T07:34:52Z 2012-03-30T07:34:52Z 2010 Journal Article Journal of Development Studies 00220388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5854 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Pakistan
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spellingShingle	Macroeconomics: Production E230 Analysis of Education I210 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Labor Standards: Labor Force Composition J820 Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Hou, Xiaohui Wealth: Crucial but Not Sufficient--Evidence from Pakistan on Economic Growth, Child Labour and Schooling
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description	This study uses cross-sectional time-series data to examine the relationship between wealth and child labour and schooling in Pakistan and finds that wealth is crucial in determining a child's activities, but is far from being a sufficient condition to enrol a child in school. This is particularly the case for rural girls. Nonparametric analysis shows a universal increase in school enrolment for rural girls from 1998-2006 and this increase is independent of wealth. Multinomial logit regression further shows that wealth is insignificant in determining households' decisions about rural girls' activity. Thus, interventions to increase school enrolment should incorporate broadly targeted, demand-side interventions as well as supply-side interventions.
format	Journal Article
author	Hou, Xiaohui
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title	Wealth: Crucial but Not Sufficient--Evidence from Pakistan on Economic Growth, Child Labour and Schooling
title_short	Wealth: Crucial but Not Sufficient--Evidence from Pakistan on Economic Growth, Child Labour and Schooling
title_full	Wealth: Crucial but Not Sufficient--Evidence from Pakistan on Economic Growth, Child Labour and Schooling
title_fullStr	Wealth: Crucial but Not Sufficient--Evidence from Pakistan on Economic Growth, Child Labour and Schooling
title_full_unstemmed	Wealth: Crucial but Not Sufficient--Evidence from Pakistan on Economic Growth, Child Labour and Schooling
title_sort	wealth: crucial but not sufficient--evidence from pakistan on economic growth, child labour and schooling
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Wealth: Crucial but Not Sufficient--Evidence from Pakistan on Economic Growth, Child Labour and Schooling

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