School Proximity and Child Labor Evidence from Rurul Tanzania

Florence Kondylis and Marco Manacorda ()

CEP Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: Is improved school accessibility an effective policy tool for reducing child labor in developing countries? We address this question using micro data from rural Tanzania and a regression strategy that attempts to control for non-random location of households around schools as well as classical and non-classical measurement error in self-reported distance to school. Consistent with a simple model of child labor supply, but contrary to what appears to be a widespread perception, our analysis shows that school proximity leads to a rise in school attendance but no fall in child labor.

Keywords: Distance to school; child labor; school enrolment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 J82 O12 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-12
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Journal Article: School Proximity and Child Labor: Evidence from Rural Tanzania (2012)
Working Paper: School Proximity and Child Labor: Evidence from Rural Tanzania (2010)
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