Mortality risks, education and child labor
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Mortality risks, education and child labor∗
In this paper, we investigate the role of young adult mortality on child labor and educational decisions. We argue that mortality risks are a major source of risks in returns to education in developing countries. We show that, in the absence of appropriate insurance mechanisms, the level of child labor is inefficient, but it can be too high or too low. It is too high when parents are not very a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Development Economics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0304-3878
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.10.003