School proximity and child labor: evidence from rural Tanzania
Kondylis, F. & Manacorda, M.
(2012).
School proximity and child labor: evidence from rural Tanzania.
Journal of Human Resources,
47(1), 32-63.
Is improved school accessibility an effective policy tool for reducing child labor in developing countries? We address this question using microdata from rural Tanzania and a regression strategy that attempts to control for nonrandom location of households around schools as well as classical and nonclassical measurement error in self-reported distance to school. Our analysis shows that school proximity leads to a rise in school attendance but no significant fall in child labor.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | ©2012 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System |
| Departments | LSE > Research Centres > Centre for Economic Performance |
| Date Deposited | 17 Dec 2013 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/54976 |
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- DT Africa
- HD Industries. Land use. Labor
- HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
- L Education (General)
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