Migration, Transfers and Child Labor

Ralitza Dimova, Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

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Abstract

We examine agricultural child labor in the context of emigration, transfers and the ability to hire outside labor. We start by developing a theoretical background and show how hiring labor from outside the household and transfers to the household might induce a reduction in children's working hours. Analysis using Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) data on the Kagera region in Tanzania lend support to the hypothesis that both emigration and remittances reduce child labor.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)735-747
Number of pages13
JournalReview of Development Economics
Volume19
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

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