Child labor and agricultural shocks |
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Authors: | Kathleen Beegle Rajeev H. Dehejia Roberta Gatti |
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Affiliation: | 1. Development Research Group, The World Bank, United States;2. Department of Economics and SIPA, Columbia University, United States;3. NBER, United States;4. CEPR, United States |
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Abstract: | This paper examines the relationship between household income shocks and child labor. In particular, we investigate the extent to which transitory income shocks lead to increases in child labor and whether household asset holdings mitigate the effects of these shocks. Using data from a household panel survey in Tanzania, we find that both relationships are significant. We investigate mechanisms that could account for these results, including buffer stocks and borrowing. |
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Keywords: | J82 J22 G20 O16 |
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