L’impact des “remittances” sur le travail des enfants en presence d’instabilites de revenus et de contraintes financiers

Ebeke, Christian

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L’impact des “remittances” sur le travail des enfants en presence d’instabilites de revenus et de contraintes financiers

dc.contributor.author	Ebeke, Christian
dc.contributor.corporatename	Université d’Auvergne. Centre d’études et de recherches sur le développement international
dc.date.accessioned	2010-11-01T20:07:41Z
dc.date.available	2010-11-01T20:07:41Z
dc.date.issued	2009-10-08
dc.description	Presented at GLOBELICS 2009, 7th International Conference, 6-8 October, Dakar, Senegal.	en_US
dc.description	Parallel session 5: Migration, innovation et marché du travail
dc.description.abstract	This article examines the relationship between migrants’ remittances and the prevalence of child labor by using a large sample of developing countries. In particular, we investigate whether the inflows of remittances help to offset the effects of financial constraints and income shocks on the prevalence of child labor. Starting from a simple theoretical model, then based on a sample of 97 developing countries (of which 31 are African) observed over the period 1998-2002, we show that remittances reduce significantly child labor in developing countries characterized by weak financial systems and by strong income instability. These results were robust even after taking into account the potential endogeneity of remittances and financial development in the regressions. Policy recommendations for specific strategies to facilitate receipt of remittances by households are more than ever appropriate for a region like Sub-Saharan Africa, which currently receives a small fraction of these funds compared to other developing countries, and where the prevalence of child labor is still a serious issue.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/35666
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Georgia Institute of Technology	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	GLOBELICS09. Session 5	en_US
dc.subject	Remittances	en_US
dc.subject	Financial development	en_US
dc.subject	Income variability	en_US
dc.subject	Child labor	en_US
dc.subject	LDCs	en_US
dc.title	L’impact des “remittances” sur le travail des enfants en presence d’instabilites de revenus et de contraintes financiers	en_US
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dc.type.genre	Proceedings
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local.contributor.corporatename	School of Public Policy
local.contributor.corporatename	Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
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