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In order to understand what motivates parents to send their children to work, I apply a collective household model introducing child labor explicitly. Using data from Mexico, I estimate the mothers' bargaining power separately from the other parameters of the model. This parameter is then used in a second stage equation of children labor supply. I find that an increase in a mother's bargaining power is associated with fewer hours of work for her daughters but not for her sons. This implies that policies that target the mother as the recipient of welfare benefits, if they manage to affect the distribution of power within the household, may affect her children's work with different impacts for boys and girls. This result also suggest...
In the last couple of decades, and in particular during the last couple of adminis-trations, the Mex...
Despite the perceived importance of labor market opportunities in shaping married women’s outside op...
Recent volatility in the Mexican economy has required households to alter labor force participation ...
In order to understand what motivates parents to send their children to work, I apply a collective ...
In order to understand what motivates parents to send their children to work, I apply a collective h...
Recent empirical evidence has indicated that Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) do not have an aggregat...
The paper deals with child labour in developing countries. We address a problem that has recently dr...
I use a structural model of households to recover how much resources each individual controls in the...
Recent research on household behavior suggests that, ceteris paribus, a woman’s "power" within a hou...
The paper deals with child labour in developing countries. We address a problem that has recently dr...
acknowledged. Recent research on household behavior suggests that, ceteris paribus, a woman’s "...
Despite ample evidence on the importance of labor market opportunities for women’s bargaining power,...
Using a national representative sample for Mexico, we analyse the effect of a husband having a worki...
Recently, economists have established that culture—defined as a common set of preferences and belief...
A growing number of development policies increasingly target women as beneficiaries or grant protect...
In the last couple of decades, and in particular during the last couple of adminis-trations, the Mex...
Despite the perceived importance of labor market opportunities in shaping married women’s outside op...
Recent volatility in the Mexican economy has required households to alter labor force participation ...
In order to understand what motivates parents to send their children to work, I apply a collective ...
In order to understand what motivates parents to send their children to work, I apply a collective h...
Recent empirical evidence has indicated that Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) do not have an aggregat...
The paper deals with child labour in developing countries. We address a problem that has recently dr...
I use a structural model of households to recover how much resources each individual controls in the...
Recent research on household behavior suggests that, ceteris paribus, a woman’s "power" within a hou...
The paper deals with child labour in developing countries. We address a problem that has recently dr...
acknowledged. Recent research on household behavior suggests that, ceteris paribus, a woman’s "...
Despite ample evidence on the importance of labor market opportunities for women’s bargaining power,...
Using a national representative sample for Mexico, we analyse the effect of a husband having a worki...
Recently, economists have established that culture—defined as a common set of preferences and belief...
A growing number of development policies increasingly target women as beneficiaries or grant protect...
In the last couple of decades, and in particular during the last couple of adminis-trations, the Mex...
Despite the perceived importance of labor market opportunities in shaping married women’s outside op...
Recent volatility in the Mexican economy has required households to alter labor force participation ...
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