Does Microcredit Have an Impact on Children? Evidences from Vietnam

Cuong Dinh, Cuong Nguyen and Phuong Pham

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Abstract: Vietnam has been successful in economic growth and poverty reduction. One of important antipoverty program is micro-credit for the poor. Although there are a large number of studies on the impact of micro-credit programs on income and poverty reduction, there is little evidence on its impact of children. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of micro-credit on child labor and education in Vietnam using Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey (VHLSS) 2006 and 2008. Overall, this study does not find significant impacts of micro-credit on education and labor of children.

Keywords: Child education; child labor; microcredit. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I3 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-05-15
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