Relative Contribution of Child Labour to Household Farm and Non-Farm Income in Ghana: Simulation with Child's Education

Isaac Koomson and Simplice Asongu

No 15/032, Research Africa Network Working Papers from Research Africa Network (RAN)

Abstract: Child labourers play an integral role in households’ income diversification process by contributing to farm and non-farm incomes but policies, including that of the ILO have focused largely on eliminating child labour from the agricultural sector through education. This study sought to ascertain the relative contribution of child labourers to farm and non-farm income using the GLSS6 data and employed a SUR estimation that simulated, empirically, with child’s education. Findings showed that as a child labourer spends more time in school, every Gh₵1.00 contributed to farm income is accompanied by a Gh₵2.12 contribution towards non-farm income. By implication, child education policy removes child labourers from the farm but is likely to have a paradoxical effect of pushing these children into non-farm activities as they engage in them after school and during weekends. The suggestion is that governments must provide adequate remuneration for workers and pay a good price for agricultural products so that households do not use children as instruments to diversity their income portfolios, since child labour acts as a push factor in the diversification process.

Keywords: Child labour; Farm income; Non-Farm income; Altruistic; Non-Altruistic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J21 J22 J23 Q12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22
Date: 2015-09
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Journal Article: Relative Contribution of Child Labour to Household Farm and Non-Farm Income in Ghana: Simulation with Child's Education (2016)
Working Paper: Relative Contribution of Child Labour to Household Farm and Non-Farm Income in Ghana: Simulation with Child\'s Education (2015)
Working Paper: Relative Contribution of Child Labour to Household Farm and Non-Farm Income in Ghana: Simulation with Child's Education (2015)
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