The influence of market wages and parental history on child labour and schooling in Egypt
Wahba, Jackline (2005) The influence of market wages and parental history on child labour and schooling in Egypt. Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA): Discussion papers, (1771), 1-45.
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This paper examines the influence of adult market wages and having parents who were child labourers on child labour, when this decision is jointly determined with child schooling, using data from Egypt. The empirical results suggest that low adult market wages are key determinants of child labour; a 10 percent increase in the illiterate male market wage decreases the probability of child labour by 22 percent for boys and 13 percent for girls. The findings also indicate the importance of social norms in the inter-generational persistence of child labour: parents who were child labourers themselves are on average 10 percent more likely to send their children to work. In addition, higher local regional income inequality increases the likelihood of child labour.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Accepted for publication in: Journal of Population Economics |
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| Keywords: | child labour, child schooling, wages |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences > Economics |
| Item ID: | 34545 |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jun 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 02:16 |
| Contributors: | Wahba, Jackline (Author) |
| Date: | September 2005 |
| Additional Information: | Accepted for publication in: Journal of Population Economics |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | j.wahba@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/34545 |
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