Presenter's country
United States
Start Date
17-8-2018 11:00 AM
End Date
17-8-2018 12:00 PM
Location
Bernhard Center, 105-107
Submission type
Paper
Abstract
This paper studies the effects of household shocks on child labor and school enrollment. We used data from a two-year panel data set of Nigerian households surveyed between 2010/2011 and 2012/2013. We found that agricultural shocks, measured as crop and livestock losses, increase child labor hours and decrease the probability that a child will enroll in school. We also found that health shocks to men increase child labor hours. In contrast, health shocks to women have no impact on child labor hours and school enrollment.
Keywords
Agricultural shocks, health shocks, child labor
Included in
2.2 Household Shocks and Child Labor: Evidence from a Panel Survey of Nigerian Households
Bernhard Center, 105-107
This paper studies the effects of household shocks on child labor and school enrollment. We used data from a two-year panel data set of Nigerian households surveyed between 2010/2011 and 2012/2013. We found that agricultural shocks, measured as crop and livestock losses, increase child labor hours and decrease the probability that a child will enroll in school. We also found that health shocks to men increase child labor hours. In contrast, health shocks to women have no impact on child labor hours and school enrollment.