TY - JOUR
AU - Dumas, Christelle
AB - It is often argued that child labour is caused by poverty. However, much child labour takes place in rural areas characterized by substantial labour market imperfections. A model of rural household labour supply is developed that provides testable implications for two versions of the poverty hypothesis: that child labour is due to a binding subsistence constraint and that child leisure is a luxury good. We find that in rural Burkina Faso children do not provide labour to meet households' subsistence needs and that child leisure is a normal good. The evidence suggests that labour market imperfections are a main reason for using child labour.
TI - Why do parents make their children work? A test of the poverty hypothesis in rural areas of Burkina Faso
JF - Oxford Economic Papers
DO - 10.1093/oep/gpl031
DA - 2007-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/why-do-parents-make-their-children-work-a-test-of-the-poverty-0joiup4dfZ
SP - 301
EP - 329
VL - 59
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -