The Collective Model of the Household and an Unexpected Implication for Child Labor: Hypothesis and an Empirical Test

Basu, Kaushik ; Ray, Ranjan

World Bank, Washington, D.C.

关键词: CHILD EARNINGS;    CHILD LABOR;    CHILD LABOUR;    CHILD WAGES;    CHILD WELFARE;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-2813
RP-ID  :  WPS2813

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The authors use the collective model ofthe household and show, theoretically, that as thewoman's power rises, child labor will initially fall,but beyond a point it will tend to rise again. A householdwith a balanced power structure between the husband and thewife is least likely to send its children to work. Anempirical test of this relationship using data from Nepalstrongly corroborates the theoretical hypothesis.