Some Notes on How Land Title Affects Child Labor

Secure property rights are considered a key determinant of economic development. However, evaluation of the causal effects of land titling is a difficult task. Since 2004, a program called "Papel Passado'" has issued titles to more than over 85,000 families and has the goal to reach 7...

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Main Authors:	de Moura, Mauricio Jose Serpa Barros, da Silveira Bueno, Rodrigo De Losso
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Time Allocation and Labor Supply J220 Capitalist Systems: Property Rights P140 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150
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spelling	okr-10986-55962021-04-23T14:02:23Z Some Notes on How Land Title Affects Child Labor de Moura, Mauricio Jose Serpa Barros da Silveira Bueno, Rodrigo De Losso Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Time Allocation and Labor Supply J220 Capitalist Systems: Property Rights P140 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 Secure property rights are considered a key determinant of economic development. However, evaluation of the causal effects of land titling is a difficult task. Since 2004, a program called "Papel Passado'" has issued titles to more than over 85,000 families and has the goal to reach 750,000. This paper examines the direct impact of securing a property title on child labor force participation. This study uses a comparison between two close and similar communities in the City of Osasco case. The key point of this case is that some units participate in the program and others do not. Estimates generated using difference-in-difference econometric technique suggest that titling results in a substantial decrease in child labor force participation for the families that received the title compared with the others. This findings are relevant for future policy tools for dealing with informality and how it affects economic growth. 2012-03-30T07:33:36Z 2012-03-30T07:33:36Z 2010 Journal Article Economia (University of Brazil) 15177580 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5596 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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description	Secure property rights are considered a key determinant of economic development. However, evaluation of the causal effects of land titling is a difficult task. Since 2004, a program called "Papel Passado'" has issued titles to more than over 85,000 families and has the goal to reach 750,000. This paper examines the direct impact of securing a property title on child labor force participation. This study uses a comparison between two close and similar communities in the City of Osasco case. The key point of this case is that some units participate in the program and others do not. Estimates generated using difference-in-difference econometric technique suggest that titling results in a substantial decrease in child labor force participation for the families that received the title compared with the others. This findings are relevant for future policy tools for dealing with informality and how it affects economic growth.
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title	Some Notes on How Land Title Affects Child Labor
title_short	Some Notes on How Land Title Affects Child Labor
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Some Notes on How Land Title Affects Child Labor

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