Some Notes on How Land Title Affects Child Labor
| Autor: | Mauricio Jose Serpa Barros de Moura, Rodrigo De Losso da Silveira Bueno |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Property Rights P140 [Capitalist Systems]
Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Children [INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS] jel:J22 Fertility Economia [Investment Property Rights Land Titling Child Labor ForceJournal] Youth J130 Family Planning Time Allocation and Labor Supply J220 Land Use jel:O54 jel:Q15 jel:P14 Child Care Irrigation jel:O18 Agriculture and Environment Q150 |
| Popis: | Secure property rights are considered a key determinant of economic development. However, evaluation of the causal effects of land titling is a difficult task. Since 2004, a program called “Papel Passado” has issued titles to more than over 85,000 families and has the goal to reach 750,000. This paper examines the direct impact of securing a property title on child labor force participation. This study uses a comparison between two close and similar communities in the City of Osasco case. The key point of this case is that some units participate in the program and others do not. Estimates, generated using difference-in-difference econometric technique suggest that titling results in a substantial decrease in child labor force participation for the families that received the title compared with the others. This findings are relevant for future policy tools for dealing with informality and how it affects economic growth. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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