Conflict and child labor: evidence from poor households in Colombia


Autoria(s): Risco Bravo, Claudia Sofía del
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Vargas, Juan Fernando

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06/08/2015

Resumo

Colombia suffers from one of the longest civil conflicts in the world, which is believed to have had several consequences on the country’s economic and development performance. This study uses measures of central government deterrence effort as instruments of conflict to estimate the impact of conflict on children’s time allocation to two different types of work: housework and work performed outside the household for poor families living in small municipalities in Colombia. I find that conflict significantly increases the amount of time children allocate to work. Both housework, for girls, and work outside the household, for boys, increase with Guerrilla attacks. However, the later effect is the opposite for Paramilitary attacks.

Universidad del Rosario

Colombia suffers from one of the longest civil conflicts in the world, which is believed to have had several consequences on the country’s economic and development performance. This study uses measures of central government deterrence effort as instruments of conflict to estimate the impact of conflict on children’s time allocation to two different types of work: housework and work performed outside the household for poor families living in small municipalities in Colombia. I find that conflict significantly increases the amount of time children allocate to work. Both housework, for girls, and work outside the household, for boys, increase with Guerrilla attacks. However, the later effect is the opposite for Paramilitary attacks.

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Facultad de Economía

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TMEC

Palavras-Chave #Economía #Trabajo infantil #Pobreza - Aspectos sociales #Pobreza - Aspectos económicos #Colombia - Condiciones sociales #331.31 #Conflict #Child labor
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