Child labour and the persistence of inequality: Evidence from the world's least mobile country

Matias Ciaschi, Mario Negre and Guido Neidhöfer

No wp-2025-94, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: In this paper, we present comprehensive evidence on intergenerational mobility in Mozambique—the country with the lowest documented level of mobility worldwide—and investigate its relationship with child labour. Using survey data that include a module on non-co-resident adult children, we document a strong link between children's educational attainment and parental education and household wealth.

Keywords: Social mobility; Child labour; Education; Mozambique; Labour market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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