Does Microcredit Influence Parent’s Decision to Send a Child to School or to Work? Evidence from Vietnamese Rural Households. |

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Vietnam

Policy Area

Policy

Authors

Pham, Thi Thu Tra, and Kien Son Nguyen.

Year

2019

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Form of exploitation

Child Labour

Affected group

Households

Location

National

Result on Child labour

Credit participation by households encourages child labour, lowers the quality of child schooling, and widens the schooling gap of children in Vietnam.

Other results

Credit participation by households lowers the quality of child schooling and widens the schooling gap of children in households that are recipients of microcredit. *School gap: difference between the expected grade according to a child’s age and their actual completed grade.

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