Child Labor, the Wealth Paradox, and Common Forest Management in Bolivia

Randall Bluffstone

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Abstract: That wealthier developing country households may rely more heavily on child labor than poorer households has come to be known as the “wealth paradox.†This paper tests for a wealth paradox with regard to common natural resource wealth by analyzing the relationship between child labor and improved common property forest management (CPFM) in Bolivia. Data are analyzed using several econometric methods and it is found that households experiencing more effective CPFM generally use more forest-based and total child labor. The analysis also confirms others’ findings of a private wealth paradox with regard to private land and extends the analysis to evaluate the effect of ownership of animals.Classification-JEL: Q23, Q56

Keywords: forests; common property; Bolivia; child labor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-07-18
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