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2015
- handle: 10670/1.41r0h0
- halshs: halshs-01187514
- doi: 10.1080/00220388.2015.101
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Africa Remittances Migration Child labour F - International Economics/F.F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business/F.F2.F24 - Remittances I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I2 - Education and Research Institutions/I.I2.I25 - Education and Economic Development J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor/J.J2.J22 - Time Allocation and Labor SupplySujets proches
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Olivier Bargain et al., « Remittance Effects on Child Labour: Evidence from Burkina Faso », HAL-SHS : économie et finance, ID : 10.1080/00220388.2015.101
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This article explores the effects of remittance receipt on child labour in an African context. Wefocus on Burkina Faso, a country with a high prevalence of child labour and a high rate of migration. Given thecomplex relationship between remittance receipt and household time allocation decisions, we instrument remittancesusing economic conditions in remittance-sending countries and explore heterogeneous effects acrossdifferent types of potential remitters. While remittances have no significant effect on child labour on average,transfers reduce child labour in long-term migrant households, for whom the disruptive effect of migration is nolonger felt. We find no gender difference but remittances seem to affect mainly the labour market participation ofyounger children.