Effect of Child Labor and Performance on Child Relationship with Head in Rural Areas of Niger State, Nigeria

Abdulmumini Baba Alfa, Abdulmumini Baba Alfa and Mohd Karim
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Abdulmumini Baba Alfa: Department of Economics, IBB University, Lapai, Nigeria,
Abdulmumini Baba Alfa: Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia,

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2016, vol. 6, issue 3, 892-900

Abstract: In assessing the impact of child labor hours and educational performance on child relationship with head, an analytical model was developed based on the theories of Basu and Van (1998), and Fan (2011). Empirical data were obtained from socio-economic survey (SES) 2014, with a sample size of 845 primary school pupils ranging from 10 to 14 years of age from 435 households in Suleja local government rural districts. The result from logit analysis shows that non-biological child engage in more hours of work than the biological child. Equally, children from the households that earn income below subsistence level work more hours, with negative impact on performance than those from households that earn income above subsistence. The use of extra-curricular activities social capital was therefore recommended to curb to reduce child participation in labor and enhance child school performance.

Keywords: Labor; Performance; Foster; Income; Rural (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 J22 J23 J24 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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