Child Labor Variation by Type of Respondent: Evidence from a Large-Scale Study

Ana Dammert and Jose Galdo

World Development, 2013, vol. 51, issue C, 207-220

Abstract: This study uses a nationally representative survey to analyze a key survey design decision in child labor measurement: self-reporting versus proxy interviewing. The child/proxy disagreement affects 20% of the sample, which translates into a 17.1 percentage point difference in the national rate of child labor. Marginal effects from standard child labor supply functions show child/proxy differences, particularly when the household experienced negative shocks. We find that attitudes and social perceptions toward child labor are not related to the likelihood of disagreement. A modified bivariate choice model reports statistically significant probabilities of misclassification that range between 9% and 30%.

Keywords: child labor; self/proxy designs; maximum likelihood; survey design; Peru (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.06.002

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