Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33677 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2901
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We present a theory of the emergence of laws restricting child labor or imposing mandatory education that is consistent with the fact that poor parents tend to oppose such laws. We find that if altruistic parents are unable to commit to educating their children, child-labor laws can increase the welfare of higher-income parents in an ex ante sense. On the basis of an empirical analysis of Latin-American household surveys, we demonstrate that per capita income in the country of residence has the predicted effect on child labor supply, even after controlling for other household characteristics
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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