Child labor and the labor supply of other household members
Subtitle: evidence from 1920 America
By: M. Manacorda.
Contributors: London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 590; Discussion paper (London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance : Online) ;; no. 590.
Publisher: Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Child labor -- United States.; Labor supply -- United States.; United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
Description: "This paper analyses the effect of child labor on household labor supply using 1920 US Census micro data. The aim of the analysis is to understand who in the household benefits from child labor. In order to identify a source of exogenous variation in child labor I use State-specific child labor laws. I find that a rise in the proportion of working children by household is associated with no variation in parents' labor supply. I also find a strong negative externality among children: as the proportion of working children by household rises, everything else equal, the probability that each child works falls while the probability that he attends school rises. This suggests that parents redistribute entirely the returns from child labor to the children in the household, consistent with a model of household labor supply with fully altruistic parents"--London School of Economics web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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