Weathering the Storms: Credit Receipt and Child Labor in the Aftermath of the Great Floods (1998) in Bangladesh
Weathering the Storms: Credit Receipt and Child Labor in the Aftermath of the Great Floods (1998) in Bangladesh
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经受住风暴：孟加拉国大洪水后的信用收据和童工（1998）
DOI：
10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.01.003
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Seife Dendir
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文献类型：
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作者：
Eskander Alvi;Seife Dendir
在本文中，我们使用1998年孟加拉国洪灾后进行的一项独特调查的数据来检验家庭冲击-童工关系是如何受到家庭信贷收入的影响的。采用洪灾造成的资产损失比率作为可能的外生冲击指标，我们发现，童工随着冲击的程度而增加，但前提是家庭得不到信贷。这表明，继冲击之后，童工可能是对无法获得信贷的反应。这一政策含义表明，在打击童工背后的经济激励方面，有一个独特的替代渠道--获得信贷减少了受限制家庭的直接经济负担，减少了他们对童工的需求。
In this paper we use data from a unique survey conducted in the aftermath of the 1998 floods in Bangladesh to examine how the household shock–child labor relationship is affected by credit receipts of households. Adopting the ratio of assets lost due to the floods as a likely exogenous shock proxy, we find that child labor increases with the magnitude of the shock but only if households do not receive credit. This suggests that following shocks child labor may be a response to non-availability of credit. The policy implication suggests a distinct and alternative channel in combating the economic incentives behind child labor—access to credit diminishes the immediate financial burden on constrained households, reducing their need for child labor.