Poverty Alleviation and Child Labor

Eric Edmonds and Norbert Schady

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012, vol. 4, issue 4, 100-124

Abstract: Poor women with children in Ecuador were selected at random for a cash transfer that is less than 20 percent of median child labor earnings. Poor families with children in school at the time of the award use the transfer to postpone the child's entry into the labor force. Students in families induced to take up the transfer by the experiment reduce paid employment by 78 percent and unpaid economic activity inside their home by 32 percent. Time in unpaid household services increases, but overall time spent working declines. (JEL I32, I38, J13, J22, J82, O12)

JEL-codes: I32 I38 J13 J22 J82 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
Note: DOI: 10.1257/pol.4.4.100
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