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Child labor, schooling and household wealth in African rural area: luxury axiom or wealth paradox

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  • KOISSY KPEIN Sandrine Aïda

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This work uses MVPROBIT model and MICS surveys from rural areas of 8 sub-Saharan African countries to highlight the link between household wealth and child labor. It opposes “wealth paradox” approach of Bhalotra and Heady (2003) to “luxury axiom” approach of Basu and Van (1998). Our analysis is based on the assumption of differences in the wealth’s effect according to the gender and the type of labor. The results suggest that heterogeneity among children (gender) and labor activities leads to heterogeneous rules concerning the link between child labor and household wealth.

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  • KOISSY KPEIN Sandrine Aïda, 2012. "Child labor, schooling and household wealth in African rural area: luxury axiom or wealth paradox," LISER Working Paper Series 2012-08, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).
    • Handle: RePEc:irs:cepswp:2012-08
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