American Economic Journal:
Economic Policy
ISSN 1945-7731 (Print) | ISSN 1945-774X (Online)
Poverty Alleviation and Child Labor
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
vol. 4,
no. 4, November 2012
(pp. 100–124)
Abstract
Poor women with children in Ecuador were selected at random for a cash transfer that is less than 20 percent of median child labor earnings. Poor families with children in school at the time of the award use the transfer to postpone the child's entry into the labor force. Students in families induced to take up the transfer by the experiment reduce paid employment by 78 percent and unpaid economic activity inside their home by 32 percent. Time in unpaid household services increases, but overall time spent working declines. (JEL I32, I38, J13, J22, J82, O12)Citation
Edmonds, Eric V., and Norbert Schady. 2012. "Poverty Alleviation and Child Labor." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 4 (4): 100–124. DOI: 10.1257/pol.4.4.100Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- I32 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- I38 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- J82 Labor Standards: Labor Force Composition
- O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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