Child labour and school attendance: Evidence from selection on observed and unobserved variables in Zambia

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dc.contributor.advisorLeibbrandt, Murrayen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSimumba, Josephen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T12:21:48Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T12:21:48Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAlthough the determinants of child labour and school attendance are well established in the literature, the causal effect of child labour on school attendance is largely unexplored owing in part to econometric challenges. The difficult in finding a valid and strong instrument for child labour, which is argued to be interdependent with school attendance, is one such impediment. Recognizing this difficult and the fact that children in child labour differ from their counterparts who are not in child labour along an array of observed and unobserved characteristics, I proceed along an alternative path in this paper. I examine the causal effect of long run child labour on children current school attendance using a novel estimation method that assumes that the amount of selection on observed variables closely approximates the amount of selection on unobservables. Using data for children between 5 and 17 years in Zambia, empirical results show that child labour has a significant negative effect on the probability of school attendance. The point estimate is also robust to unobserved variables. Results also show that children who participate in child labour are relatively older, hardly live with their mothers, mostly live in rural areas and are found in households were parents or household heads are relatively older and spent less time in school.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSimumba, J. (2010). <i>Child labour and school attendance: Evidence from selection on observed and unobserved variables in Zambia</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5692en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSimumba, Joseph. <i>"Child labour and school attendance: Evidence from selection on observed and unobserved variables in Zambia."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5692en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSimumba, J. 2010. Child labour and school attendance: Evidence from selection on observed and unobserved variables in Zambia. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Simumba, Joseph AB - Although the determinants of child labour and school attendance are well established in the literature, the causal effect of child labour on school attendance is largely unexplored owing in part to econometric challenges. The difficult in finding a valid and strong instrument for child labour, which is argued to be interdependent with school attendance, is one such impediment. Recognizing this difficult and the fact that children in child labour differ from their counterparts who are not in child labour along an array of observed and unobserved characteristics, I proceed along an alternative path in this paper. I examine the causal effect of long run child labour on children current school attendance using a novel estimation method that assumes that the amount of selection on observed variables closely approximates the amount of selection on unobservables. Using data for children between 5 and 17 years in Zambia, empirical results show that child labour has a significant negative effect on the probability of school attendance. The point estimate is also robust to unobserved variables. Results also show that children who participate in child labour are relatively older, hardly live with their mothers, mostly live in rural areas and are found in households were parents or household heads are relatively older and spent less time in school. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Child labour and school attendance: Evidence from selection on observed and unobserved variables in Zambia TI - Child labour and school attendance: Evidence from selection on observed and unobserved variables in Zambia UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5692 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/5692
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSimumba J. Child labour and school attendance: Evidence from selection on observed and unobserved variables in Zambia. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5692en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEconomicsen_ZA
dc.titleChild labour and school attendance: Evidence from selection on observed and unobserved variables in Zambiaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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