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Child
Labor, Income Shocks, and Access to
Credit
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Although
a growing theoretical literature
points to credit constraints as an
important source of inefficiently
high child labor, little work has
been done to assess its empirical
relevance. Using panel data from
Tanzania, we find that households
respond to transitory income shocks
by increasing child labor, but that
the extent to which child labor is
used as a buffer is lower when
households have access to credit.
These findings contribute to the
empirical literature on the
permanent income hypothesis by
showing that credit-constrained
households actively use child labor
to smooth their income. Moreover,
they highlight a potentially
important determinant of child
labor and, as a result, a mechanism
that can be used to tackle it.
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Child
Labor: Issues and Directions for
the World Bank
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Children should not have to work, but an estimated 250 million children are working worldwide. This paper proposes that the World Bank take stronger action, and outlines what to do and how to
help.
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Child
Labor-Related
Social
Protection Discussion Series Papers
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Child Labor Publications
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Child Labor Publications from the World Bank's World Development Sources Database.
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Investing
in Every Child: An Economic Study
of the Costs and Benefits of
Eliminating Child Labour
ILO,
December 2003
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This report
is based on a wide range of data
and technical assumptions about the
quantifiable elements of the costs
and benefits of ending child labour.
While it has to be noted that some
important benefits of eliminating
child labour such as enhanced
possibilities for personal
development can hardly be measured
in monetary terms, our calculations
clearly led us to the conclusion
that the elimination of child
labour is a high yielding global
investment. With an affordable
amount of financial resources,
enormous benefits would be
generated in all regions of the
world.
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SPectrum
Magazine Child Labor Issue
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SPectrum is published two times a year by the Social Protection Unit of the World Bank.
SPectrum is intended to raise awareness and enliven debate and present the latest thinking around social protection issues including pensions, labor markets and social assistance.
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Understanding Children's Work
(UCW) Project Resources
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UCW provides a selected bibliography on child
labor and related subjects, searchable by author, country and area of
interest and a series of downloadable research reports generated by
UCW project. Report themes include child
labor determinants, impact of child
labor on child
well-being, child labor measurement and data collection, and
programs
combating child labor.
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JOLIS Catalog
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The Library Network consists of 13 libraries and resource centers, serving the World Bank and IMF. Its mandate is to provide information products and services to support the commitments of the two
institutions.
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World Development Sources
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Documents, previously known as World Development Sources (WDS) contains more than 14,000 World Bank documents which are made available to the public in order to better share the institution's knowledge base and to implement the disclosure
policy.
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World Bank Publications Home Page
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World Bank Publications offers a wide range of products and services, either as individual items, subscriptions, or standing orders. Products can be ordered online via our secure ordering system, via email, telephone, fax, or mail. Certain customers may be eligible for geographic
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