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The Effect of Food Price Changes on Child Labour: Evidence from Uganda

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  • Raymond Boadi Frempong

    (Universität Bayreuth [Deutschland] = University of Bayreuth [Germany] = Université de Bayreuth [Allemagne])

  • David Stadelmann

    (Universität Bayreuth [Deutschland] = University of Bayreuth [Germany] = Université de Bayreuth [Allemagne])

Abstract

A majority of people in developing countries spend about 60 percent of their income on food, even though most of them are farmers. Hence, a change in food prices affects both their revenue as well as expenditure, and thereby their labor market decisions. Using the Uganda National Panel Survey and monthly regional food prices, this paper examines the effect of exogenous changes in food prices on child labor. The econometric evidence shows that an increase in food prices leads to an increase in the probability and intensity of child labor. We find the effect of food price increases to be smaller among landowning households, which is consistent with the view that landowning households can better compensate for price shocks. The results suggest that periodic shocks in food prices may have longer lasting effects on human capital development and poverty in developing countries.
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  • Raymond Boadi Frempong & David Stadelmann, 2019. "The Effect of Food Price Changes on Child Labour: Evidence from Uganda," Post-Print hal-04162963, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04162963
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2018.1448066
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    1. Raymond Frempong & David Stadelmann & Frederik Wild, 2020. "Coronavirus-Lockdowns, Secondary Effects and Sustainable Exit-Strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 40(3), pages 2586-2593.
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    3. Opoku Adabor, 2025. "Empirical analysis of child labour, household poverty, and child health in Ghana," Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 33(1), pages 29-60, January.
    4. Raymond Boadi Frempong & David Stadelmann, 2021. "Risk preference and child labor: Econometric evidence," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(2), pages 878-894, May.
    5. Raymond Boadi Frempong, 2023. "Do subsidies on seed and fertilizer lead to child labour? Evidence from Malawi," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 41(2), March.
    6. Emmanuel Chukwuma Eze & Amos Nnaemeka Amedu & Monday Sampson & Ifeanyichukwu Dumtochukwu Okoro & Chukwuma Patrick Nwabudike & Sylvanus Innocent Ogar, 2024. "Influence of Environmental Shocks and Child Labour on Children's Educational Outcomes: A Scoping Review," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 17(3), pages 1071-1095, June.
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    JEL classification:

    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
    • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General

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