Investigating the Long-Term Effects of Child Labor on Household Poverty and Food Insecurity in Ghana
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- Lambon-Quayefio, Monica Puoma & Owoo, Nkechi S., 2021. "Investigating the long-term effects of child labor on household poverty and food insecurity in Ghana," Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 87(4), pages 561-587, December.
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Keywords
Child labor; Endogenous treatment; Food insecurity; Poverty trap;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
- Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
- I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
- J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
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