Barriers to Capital Accumulation and the Incidence of Child Labor /

The World Bank documents an inverse relationship between GDP per capita and child labor participation rates. We construct a life-cycle model with human and physical capital in which parents make a time allocation choice for their child. The model considers two features that have shown potential in e...

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Hovedforfatter: Espinosa-Vega, Marco
Andre forfattere: Barnett, Richard
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/220
Online adgang:Full text available on IMF