Migration, transfers and child labor

Arbeitspapier

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, 2000) 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.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2015-23

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: 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
• Thema: child labor ; remittances ; emigration ; migration ; Kinderarbeit ; Landwirtschaft ; Rücküberweisungen ; Arbeitsmigranten ; Schätzung ; Tansania

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Dimova, Ralitza ; Epstein, Gil S. ; Gang, Ira N.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Rutgers University, Department of Economics
• (wo): New Brunswick, NJ
• (wann): 2015

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/130738
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ