Child labor
Subtitle: the role of income variability and access to credit across countries
By: Rajeev H. Dehejia, Roberta Gatti.
Contributors: Gatti, Roberta.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- no. 9018; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 9018.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 41
Subjects: Child labor.; Income distribution.; Credit.; Poverty.
Description: In the absence of developed financial markets, households appear to resort substantially to child labor to cope with income variability. This evidence suggest that policies aimed at increasing households' access to credit could be effective in reducing child labor.
Notes: "June 2002."

JEL no. J22, G1, O16.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-26).

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