Migration, transfers and child labor

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We examine agricultural child labor in the context of emigration, transfers, and the ability to hire outside labor. We start by developing a theoretical background based on Basu and Van, (1998), Basu, (1999) and Epstein and Kahana (2008) and show how hiring labor from outside the household and transfers to the household might induce a reduction in children's working hours. Analysis using Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) data on the Kagera region in Tanzania lend support to the hypothesis that both emigration and remittances reduce child labor.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5641

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Externalities ; International Migration ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; Demand and Supply of Labor: General ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
• Subject: child labor ; emigration ; transfers ; Tanzania ; Kinderarbeit ; Landwirtschaft ; Rücküberweisung (Migranten) ; Internationale Arbeitsmobilität ; Schätzung ; Tansania

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Dimova, Ralitza ; Epstein, Gil S. ; Gang, Ira N.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/52127
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-201104193287
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET