Child Labor : The Role of Income Variability and Access to Credit in a Cross-Section of Countries

Even though access to credit is central to child labor theoretically, little work has been done to assess its importance empirically. Dehejia and Gatti examine the link between access to credit and child labor at a cross-country level. The authors...

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Main Authors:	Dehejia, Rajeev H., Gatti, Roberta
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOR LAWS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC REVIEW EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPORTS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INFORMAL SECTOR INSURANCE INVESTIGATION LABOR FORCE LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGISLATION LEISURE MACROECONOMICS PARENTS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIVATE SECTOR SAVINGS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE WAGES CHILD LABOR INCOME VARIABILITY ACCESS TO CREDIT HOUSEHOLD INCOME CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE CAPITAL MARKETS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT URBANIZATION SCHOOLING FERTILITY RATES LEGAL FRAMEWORK LIBERALIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1687160/child-labor-role-income-variability-access-credit-cross-section-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15753

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Child Labor : The Role of Income Variability and Access to Credit in a Cross-Section of Countries

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