Guarcello et al. (2010). Child labor and access to basic services evidence from five countries
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作者：L. Guarcello, S. Lyon, F. C. Rosati
摘要：Analyses of the determinants of child labor have largely neglected the role of access to basic services. The availability of these services can affect the value of children's time and, concomitantly, household decisions concerning how this time is allocated between school and work. This paper investigates the link between child labor and water and electricity access in five countries - El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Morocco, and Yemen. Employing an econometric methodology based on propensity scores for dealing with the potential endogenously of access to water and electricity, average treatment effects for water and electricity access on children's activities are presented. The marginal effects of water and electricity access on children's activities obtained by estimating a bivariate probit model are also examined. Finally, a sensitivity analysis is presented designed to check the robustness of the conclusions concerning the causal relationship between water and electricity access and children's activities.
来源：Social Science Electronic Publishing