Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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991070 | World Development | 2008 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryThis paper examines the effect of household access to microcredit upon work by 7–11-year-old children in rural Malawi. Given that microcredit organizations foster household enterprises wherein much child labor is engaged, this paper aims to discover whether access to microcredit might increase work by children. It is found that, in the season of peak labor demand, household access to microcredit, measured as self-assessed credit limits at microcredit organizations, raises the probability of child work in households with average landholdings and retail sales enterprises.
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Authors
Gautam Hazarika, Sudipta Sarangi,