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Poverty And Other Determinants Of Child Labor In Bangladesh

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Southern Economic Journal

Volume

70

Issue

4

First Page

876

Last Page

892

Abstract

In this research we examine poverty and other determinants of child labor in Bangladesh. We define income quintiles as a means of measuring family poverty and add child and family characteristics to our model. We estimate the likelihood that a child will work, using separate logistic regression models for younger and older boys and girls in urban and rural areas. Our results support the notion that a family's poverty affects the probability that a child will work; keeping children away from work is a luxury these families cannot afford. Moreover, it is important to examine separate demographic groups in order to fully understand the determinants of child labor in Bangladesh since the effects of child and family variables on the probability that a child will work differ among these groups.

Department

Department of Economics

Original Publication Date

1-1-2004

DOI of published version

10.2307/4135277

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