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| Title: | The Relationship between Child Labor and Microfinance: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh |
| Authors: | Khadka, Manbar Singh |
| Advisors: | Leonard, Kenneth L |
| Department/Program: | Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| Type: | Thesis |
| Sponsors: | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) |
| Keywords: | 0510
Economics, Labor
0503
Economics, Agricultural
Child Labor, Microfinance, Rural Bangladesh |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Abstract: | This paper analyzes the relationship between availability of microfinance and child labor in rural Bangladesh. Using household-level fixed effect in panel data, this paper shows that the stock of women's recent loans negatively impacts child labor. A 10 percent increase in the stock of recent borrowing by women reduces child labor supply by 2.58 percent. By contrast, the paper does not find any significant effect of male credit on child labor. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/9660 |
| Appears in Collections: | UM Theses and Dissertations
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