Mortality risks and child labor

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Mortality risks and child labor

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Fernanda, ESTEVAN
Jean-Marie, BALAND

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In this paper, we investigate the role of young adult mortality on child labor and educational decisions. We show that, in the absence of appropriate insurance mechanisms, the level of child labor is inefficient. It may be too high if parents are not very altruistic and anticipate positive transfers from their children in the future, but it can also be too low, in particular when parents expect to make positive transfers to their children in the future. Imperfect capital markets unambiguously increase the equilibrium level of child labor. We also show that a cash transfer conditional on childÕs schooling can always restore efficiency regarding child labor.

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Paper provided by Université catholique de Louvain, Département des Sciences Economiques in its series Discussion Papers (ECON - Département des Sciences Economiques) with number 2005040.

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- ESTEVAN, Fernanda & BALAND, Jean-Marie, 2005. "Mortality risks and child labor," CORE Discussion Papers 2005049, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE). [Downloadable!]

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