Impact of School Quality on Schooling and Child Labour in Selected Zones of Ivory Coast

Abou Pokou Edouard

Working Papers from African Economic Research Consortium

Abstract: The fight against child labour is a challenge for policy makers in developing countries. The objective of this study is to find other policies to reduce child labour. Thus, this research shows the effect of school quality on schooling and child labour in Ivory Coast. Primary data from the local survey on child labour and education policies in 2010 collected from a sample of 750 households and 1,338 children with support from PASRES were used. The estimation of two models (Heckman selection model and bivariate probit model) indicates that the presence of canteen and electricity in the school significantly increases the

Date: 2021-08
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