Determinants of Child Labour and Schooling in the Native Cocoa Households of Cote d'Ivoire

Guy Blaise Nkamleu

Working Papers from African Economic Research Consortium

Abstract: Child labour is a widespread and growing phenomenon in the developing world. This paper looks at the determinants of child labour participation in the cocoa farming sector of Cote d'Ivoire, an issue of special interest because the country accounts for approximately 40% of the world's cocoa production. The study investigates child labour in conjunction with schooling status of children. It is based on a study done in 2002 that surveyed a representative sample of more than 11,000 members of cocoa households. A multinomial logit model was used to capture choice probabilities across work and school options. The results reveal that child labour in cocoa farms and non-enrolment in schools are significant. Moreover, many children are involved in potentially dangerous and/or harmful tasks. Data also highlight gender and age dimensions in the participation of children in tasks and the way labour is allocated. Econometric results generally indicated that the gender and age of children, whether or not the child is the biological child of the household head, parents' education, the household dependency ratio, the farm size, the cocoa productivity level, the number of sharecroppers working with the household head, agroecological zone and communities' characteristics are all pertinent in explaining the child work/schooling outcome

Date: 2009-10-30
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