Does micro credit increase child labour in absence of micro insurance?
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Title | Does micro credit increase child labour in absence of micro insurance? |
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Report Type | Project report |
Authors | |
Author | Chakrabarty, Sayan |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Number of Pages | 35 |
Series | Microinsurance Innovation Facility Research Paper |
Year | 2012 |
Publisher | International Labour Office |
Place of Publication | Geneva, Switzerland |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/mifacility/download/repaper12.pdf |
Abstract | This research aims to discover whether access to microinsurance might make any difference to the microcredit receivers in terms of reducing their use of child labour. The research decomposes households into three broad groups: microcredit participants with microinsurance, microcredit participants without microinsurance and non-participants of microcredit and microinsurance. Using household information in Monga (flood) prone areas in Bangladesh, we use |
Keywords | Bangladesh; household income; flood prone areas; child labour |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380111. Labour economics |
440499. Development studies not elsewhere classified | |
440301. Family and household studies | |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2083/does-micro-credit-increase-child-labour-in-absence-of-micro-insurance
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