TY - JOUR
T1 - How much work is too much? Effects of child work hours on schooling - the case of Egypt
AU - Assaad, Ragui A
AU - Levison, Deborah
AU - Dang, Hai Anh
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - How much work is "too much" for children aged 10-14 in Egypt? Our narrow focus here is on "work that does not interfere with school attendance." For girls, work includes time spent in household chores and subsistence activities. We estimate simultaneous hours of work and school attendance equations as a joint Tobit and Probit model, then conduct simulations. Substantial negative effects on attendance are observed above about 10 hours per week (girls) and 14 hours (boys). For girls, heavy household work appears causal, but for boys, it seems that poor schooling leads to boys' dropout, then subsequent work.
AB - How much work is "too much" for children aged 10-14 in Egypt? Our narrow focus here is on "work that does not interfere with school attendance." For girls, work includes time spent in household chores and subsistence activities. We estimate simultaneous hours of work and school attendance equations as a joint Tobit and Probit model, then conduct simulations. Substantial negative effects on attendance are observed above about 10 hours per week (girls) and 14 hours (boys). For girls, heavy household work appears causal, but for boys, it seems that poor schooling leads to boys' dropout, then subsequent work.
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U2 - 10.1108/S0147-9121(2010)0000031006
DO - 10.1108/S0147-9121(2010)0000031006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84857403120
SN - 0147-9121
VL - 31
SP - 53
EP - 97
JO - Research in Labor Economics
JF - Research in Labor Economics
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