Child labour and Schooling Decisions among Self-Help Group Members in Rural India |

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Country

India

Policy Area

Policy

Authors

Baland et al

Year

2020

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Form of exploitation

Child Labour

Affected group

Households

Location

Local

Result on Child labour

There is no clear substitution between labour and education for children of secondary school age in rural India. Rather,member children tend to become more active over time, with a higher probability of working part-time on domestic chores.

Other results

Children’s school enrollment increases with the microfinance uptake by about 20 percentage points. This change occurs essentially through a lower dropout rate in middle and secondary schools. The effects on enrollment rates are detected only in the last survey round, which suggests that they need time to materialize (in this case, 6 years after the start of the programin the area).

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