Impact of Income and Non-Income Shocks on Child Labour: Evidence from a Panel Survey of Tanzania

Amarakoon Bandara, Rajeev Dehejia and Shaheen Lavie Rouse

No wp-2014-118, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of income and non-income shocks on child labour using a model in which the household maximizes utility from consumption as well as human capital development of the child. Two types of shocks are considered: agricultural shocks as an income shock and the death of a parent or relatives as a non-income shock. We also investigate if access to credits and household assets act as buffers against transitory shocks.

Keywords: Agriculture; Children; Econometric models (Economic development); Financial institutions; Labour economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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