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Impact Of Family Size On Education, Child Labor And Female Labor Supply: The Case Of Ecuador

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  • Aquiles Villamil Argote

    (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

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This paper studies the impact of family size on education, child labor and mother’s labor market participation in Ecuador. Parent’s preferences and the sex mix of their children are exploited in an instrumental variables setting to overcome endogeneity problems. The results show that an exogenous variation in family size have a negative impact on education investment and literacy at early ages of the oldest child and mixed effects on child labor depending on the residence area, but no effect in other indicators as school attendance and performance. There is evidence of a negative impact on mother’s labor supply, especially for those with a “head of the household” role.

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  • Aquiles Villamil Argote, 2017. "Impact Of Family Size On Education, Child Labor And Female Labor Supply: The Case Of Ecuador," Revista de Economía Política de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas., issue 16, pages 49-80, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ake:repba1:y:2017:i:16:p:49-80
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    Keywords

    family size; instrumental variables; causality;
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    JEL classification:

    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation

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