THE IMPACT OF PARENTAL HEALTH ON CHILD LABOR. EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH

Stephen Bazen (1) , Claire Salmon (2)

1 GREQAM - Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille
2 IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie

Using data for Bangladesh we find evidence of added worker effects resulting from father's health problems on both children's and (to a lesser extent) spouse's labor supply. In particular, when illness is short-lived or if treatment is required (when there are "health shocks") children's participation tends to increase. Our results suggest that income replacement through sickness benefit could significantly reduce child labor.

Mots clés: child labor; health shocks; added worker effects

Domaines: Economies et finances

Stephen Bazen, Claire Salmon. THE IMPACT OF PARENTAL HEALTH ON CHILD LABOR. EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH. 2008. ⟨halshs-00349412⟩