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Returns to farm child labor in Tanzania

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  • Pierre André

    (CY - CY Cergy Paris Université, THEMA - Théorie économique, modélisation et applications - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CY - CY Cergy Paris Université)

  • Esther Delesalle
  • Christelle Dumas

Abstract

In developing countries, the opportunity costs of children's time can significantly hinder universal education. This paper studies one of these opportunity costs: we estimate the agricultural productivity of children aged 10 to 15 years old using the LSMS-ISA panel survey in Tanzania. Since child labor can be endogenous, we exploit the panel structure of the data and instrument child labor with changes in the age composition of the household. One day of child work leads to an increase in production value by roughly US$0.89. Children enrolled in school work 26 fewer days than nonenrolled children. Compensating enrolled children for loss in income can be accomplished with monthly payments of $1.92. However, a complete simulation of a hypothetical conditional cash transfer shows that even $10/month transfers would fail to achieve universal school enrollment of children aged 10 to 15 years old.
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  • Pierre André & Esther Delesalle & Christelle Dumas, 2021. "Returns to farm child labor in Tanzania," Post-Print hal-03637676, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03637676
    DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105181
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    Cited by:

    1. Mukucha Paul & Dube Thulani & Jaravaza Divaries Cosmas, 2025. "Supply chain integrity: Addressing Ethical Concerns in Agricultural Supply Chains," Logistics, Supply Chain, Sustainability and Global Challenges, Sciendo, vol. 16(1), pages 1-14.
    2. Elisa Meneghello & Martina Menon & Federico Perali & Furio Rosati, 2025. "The shadow wage of child labor: An application to Nepal," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(1), pages 359-383, February.
    3. Furio Camillo Rosati, 2022. "Child Labour Theories and Policies," CEIS Research Paper 533, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 15 Mar 2022.

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    JEL classification:

    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs

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