The effect of fair trade affiliation on child schooling: Evidence from a sample of Chilean honey producers

Arbeitspapier

We evaluate the impact of fair trade (FT) affiliation on child schooling within a sample of Chilean honey producers with a retrospective panel data approach. From a theoretical point of view we argue that FT should have a positive effect on child schooling since it generates a short run pure income effect together with a medium run productivity effect on both adult and child wages. On the other hand, because of the higher productivity generated by the medium run effect, the opportunity cost of child education increases if they work with their parents. The direction of the impact of FT affiliation on child schooling is therefore uncertain and requires empirical testing. Our econometric findings document a positive and significant impact of affiliation years on child schooling after controlling for endogeneity and heterogeneity between the treatment and control sample.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 56.2012

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations ; Project Analysis ; Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply
• Thema: Fair Trade ; Child Schooling ; Impact Study

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Becchetti, Leonardo ; Castriota, Stefano ; Michetti, Melania
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
• (wo): Milano
• (wann): 2012

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/72962
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ