This file is part of IDEAS , which uses RePEc data
[ Papers |
Articles |
Software |
Books |
Chapters |
Authors |
Institutions |
JEL Classification |
NEP reports |
Search |
New papers by email |
Author registration |
Rankings |
Volunteers |
FAQ |
Blog |
Help! ]
Household Access to Microcredit and Child Work in Rural Malawi Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Hazarika, Gautam
Sarangi, Sudipta
Additional information is available for the following
registered author(s):
Summary This paper examines the effect of household access to microcredit upon work by 7-11-year-old children in rural Malawi. Given that microcredit organizations foster household enterprises wherein much child labor is engaged, this paper aims to discover whether access to microcredit might increase work by children. It is found that, in the season of peak labor demand, household access to microcredit, measured as self-assessed credit limits at microcredit organizations, raises the probability of child work in households with average landholdings and retail sales enterprises.
To download:
If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the
proper application to
view it first. Information about this may be contained
in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read
the IDEAS help
page . Note that these files are not on the IDEAS
site. Please be patient as the files may be large.
As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to look for a different version under "Related research" (further below) or search for a different version of it.
Article provided by Elsevier in its journal World Development .
Volume (Year): 36 (2008)
Issue (Month): 5 (May)
Pages: 843-859
Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML
(with abstract ),
plain text
(with abstract ),
BibTeX ,
RIS (EndNote, RefMan, ProCite),
ReDIF
Handle: RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:36:y:2008:i:5:p:843-859Contact details of provider: Web page: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/worlddev
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its listing, contact: (Heidi Boesdal).
Keywords: Other versions of this item:
Paper Sudipta Sarangi & Gautam Hararika, .
"Household Access to Microcredit and Child Work in Rural Malawi ,"
Departmental Working Papers
2007-09, Department of Economics, Louisiana State University.
[Downloadable!] Gautam Hazarika & Sudipta Sarangi, 2005.
"Household Access to Microcredit and Child Work in Rural Malawi ,"
IZA Discussion Papers
1567, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
[Downloadable!] Sudipta Sarangi & Gautam Hararika, .
"Household Access to Microcredit and Child Work in Rural Malawi ,"
Departmental Working Papers
2006-08, Department of Economics, Louisiana State University.
[Downloadable!] References listed on IDEAS Please report citation or reference errors to , or , if you are the registered author of the cited work, log in to your RePEc Author Service profile , click on "citations" and make appropriate adjustments.: Rajeev Dehejia & Roberta Gatti, 2002.
"Child Labor: The Role of Income Variability and Access to Credit Across Countries ,"
NBER Working Papers
9018, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Other versions: Wydick, Bruce, 1999.
"The Effect of Microenterprise Lending on Child Schooling in Guatemala ,"
Economic Development and Cultural Change ,
University of Chicago Press, vol. 47(4), pages 853-69, July.
Ranjan, Priya, 1999.
"An economic analysis of child labor ,"
Economics Letters ,
Elsevier, vol. 64(1), pages 99-105, July.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Gautam Hazarika & Arjun Bedi, 2003.
"Schooling Costs and Child Work in Rural Pakistan ,"
The Journal of Development Studies ,
Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 39(5), pages 29-64, June.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
George Psacharopoulos, 1997.
"Child labor versus educational attainment Some evidence from Latin America ,"
Journal of Population Economics ,
Springer, vol. 10(4), pages 377-386.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
George Psacharopoulos & Harry Anthony Patrinos, 1997.
"Family size, schooling and child labor in Peru - An empirical analysis ,"
Journal of Population Economics ,
Springer, vol. 10(4), pages 387-405.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Sonia Bhalotra & Christopher Heady, 2003.
"Child Farm Labor: The Wealth Paradox ,"
Bristol Economics Discussion Papers
03/553, Department of Economics, University of Bristol, UK.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions: Basu, Kaushik & Van, Pham Hoang, 1998.
"The Economics of Child Labor ,"
American Economic Review ,
American Economic Association, vol. 88(3), pages 412-27, June.
Amin, Shahina & Quayes, Shakil & Rives, Janet M., 2006.
"Market work and household work as deterrents to schooling in Bangladesh ,"
World Development ,
Elsevier, vol. 34(7), pages 1271-1286, July.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Diagne, Aliou & Zeller, Manfred, 2001.
"Access to credit and its impact on welfare in Malawi: ,"
Research reports
116, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
[Downloadable!]
Hoddinott, J. & Haddad, L., 1994.
"Does Female Income Share Influence Household Expenditures? Evidence from Cote d'Ivoire ,"
Working Papers Series
94.17, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
Other versions: Dehejia, Rajeev H & Gatti, Roberta, 2005.
"Child Labor: The Role of Financial Development and Income Variability across Countries ,"
Economic Development and Cultural Change ,
University of Chicago Press, vol. 53(4), pages 913-32, July.
FurioCamillo Rosati & Zafiris Tzannatos, 2006.
"Child Labour In Vietnam ,"
Pacific Economic Review ,
Blackwell Publishing, vol. 11(1), pages 1-31, 02.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Nankhuni, Flora J. & Findeis, Jill L., 2004.
"Natural resource-collection work and children's schooling in Malawi ,"
Agricultural Economics ,
Blackwell, vol. 31(2-3), pages 123-134, December.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Jean-Marie Baland & James A. Robinson, 2000.
"Is Child Labor Inefficient? ,"
Journal of Political Economy ,
University of Chicago Press, vol. 108(4), pages 663-679, August.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Ersado, Lire, 2005.
"Child Labor and Schooling Decisions in Urban and Rural Areas: Comparative Evidence from Nepal, Peru, and Zimbabwe ,"
World Development ,
Elsevier, vol. 33(3), pages 455-480, March.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Beegle, Kathleen & Dehejia, Rajeev H. & Gatti, Roberta, 2006.
"Child labor and agricultural shocks ,"
Journal of Development Economics ,
Elsevier, vol. 81(1), pages 80-96, October.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Beegle, Kathleen & Dehejia, Rajeev H & Gatti, Roberta, 2005.
"Child Labour, Crop Shocks and Credit Constraints ,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
4881, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Other versions: Mark M. Pitt & Shahidur R. Khandker, 1998.
"The Impact of Group-Based Credit Programs on Poor Households in Bangladesh: Does the Gender of Participants Matter? ,"
Journal of Political Economy ,
University of Chicago Press, vol. 106(5), pages 958-996, October.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Ravallion, Martin & Wodon, Quentin, 2000.
"Does Child Labour Displace Schooling? Evidence on Behavioural Responses to an Enrollment Subsidy ,"
Economic Journal ,
Royal Economic Society, vol. 110(462), pages C158-75, March.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Other versions: Binder, Melissa & Scrogin, David, 1999.
"Labor Force Participation and Household Work of Urban Schoolchildren in Mexico: Characteristics and Consequences ,"
Economic Development and Cultural Change ,
University of Chicago Press, vol. 48(1), pages 123-54, October.
Diagne, Aliou, 1998.
"Impact of access to credit on income and food security in Malawi ,"
FCND discussion papers
46, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
[Downloadable!]
P. Deb & F. Rosati, 2002.
"Determinants of Child Labour and School Attendance: The Role of Household Unobservables ,"
UCW Working Paper
9, Understanding Children's Work (UCW Project).
[Downloadable!]
Other versions:
Full
references Cited by : (explanations , Please report citation or reference errors to , or , if you are the registered author of the cited work, log in to your RePEc Author Service profile , click on "citations" and make appropriate adjustments.)
Del Carpio, Ximena V., 2008.
"Does child labor always decrease with income ? an evaluation in the context of a development program in Nicaragua ,"
Policy Research Working Paper Series
4694, The World Bank.
[Downloadable!]
Lulit Mitik & Bernard Decaluwé, 2009.
"Market Labor, Household Work and Schooling in South Africa: Modeling the Effects of Trade on Adults' and Children's Time Allocation ,"
Cahiers de recherche
0933, CIRPEE.
[Downloadable!]
Mueller, Valerie & Shariff, Abusaleh, 2009.
"Preliminary evidence on internal migration, remittances, and teen schooling in India: ,"
IFPRI discussion papers
858, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
[Downloadable!]
Islam, Asadul & Choe, Chongwoo, 2009.
"Child Labour and Schooling Responses to Access to Microcredit in Rural Bangladesh ,"
MPRA Paper
16842, University Library of Munich, Germany.
[Downloadable!]
Access and
download statistics Did you know? A few items listed on IDEAS are over 2000 years old!
This page was last updated on 2009-12-3.
This information is provided to you by IDEAS at the Department of Economics , College of Liberal Arts and Sciences , University of Connecticut using RePEc data on a server sponsored by the Society for Economic Dynamics .