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Direct linkEdmonds, Eric V.; Schady, Norbert – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009
How important are subsistence concerns in a family's decision to send a child to work? We consider this question in Ecuador, where poor families are selected at random to receive a cash transfer that is equivalent to 7 percent of monthly expenditures. Winning the cash transfer lottery is associated with a decline in work for pay away from the…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Economically Disadvantaged, Labor Market, Child Labor
Peer reviewedEdmonds, Eric V. – Journal of Human Resources, 2005
The rapid economic growth of Vietnam provides an interesting insight into the sharp decline in child labor. A study of the rising economic status of the population across Vietnam shows that children returned to school or stopped working as their family incomes grew. The decline in child labor is steep in poor households as they emerged from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Progress, Economic Status, Child Labor
