Child Labor, idiosyncratic shocks, and social policy

Alice Fabre and Stephane Pallage

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Abstract: In this paper, we provide a dynamic model with heterogeneous agents to study child labor in an economy with idiosyncratic shocks to employment. Households facing adverse shocks may use child labor as a means to smooth consumption. We show that the introduction of an unemployment insurance program and/or a universal basic income system helps eliminate child labor endogenously in this context. A calibration to South Africa in the 1990s is provided.

Keywords: Economie; quantitative (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-09
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Published in Journal of Macroeconomics, 2015, 45, pp.394-411. ⟨10.1016/j.jmacro.2015.07.001⟩

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Journal Article: Child labor, idiosyncratic shocks, and social policy (2015)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2015.07.001

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