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The Working Behavior of Young People in Rural Cote d'Ivoire

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One of the major features of structural adjustment is an attempt to reallocate labor--and hence output--through changes in relative prices, This article assesses how price changes affect the working patterns of young people in rural Cote d'Ivoire. The analysis is based on a model of the labor supply of rural households and on the construction of composite price indexes. The data come from the Cote d'Ivoire Living Standards Survey for 1985 and 1986. The panel aspect of the data allows the work choice made in one year to depend on the individual's choice in the previous year. Results indicate that the price of agricultural output generally is a positive incentive on the decision to participate in the labor force. However, this result depends heavily on the employment and education of the individual in the previous period. Those not already working are less likely to respond to favorable movements in the prices of cash crops by entering the work force. Coauthors are Paul Baker, Richard Blundell, Christopher Heady, and Costas Meghir. Copyright 1992 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Alessie, Rob, et al, 1992. "The Working Behavior of Young People in Rural Cote d'Ivoire," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 6(1), pages 139-154, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:wbecrv:v:6:y:1992:i:1:p:139-54
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    1. Levison, Deborah & Moe, Karine S. & Marie Knaul, Felicia, 2001. "Youth Education and Work in Mexico," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 29(1), pages 167-188, January.
    2. Falaris, Evangelos M., 2003. "The effect of survey attrition in longitudinal surveys: evidence from Peru, Cote d'Ivoire and Vietnam," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(1), pages 133-157, February.
    3. Tushi Baul & Susan L. Ostermann, 2023. "Legal knowledge and child labour in Nepal: Does knowing the law make a difference?," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 41(5), September.

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