Impact of School Quality on Schooling and Child Labour in Selected Zones of Ivory Coast
Date
2021-08
Authors
Edouard, Abou Pokou
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Publisher
African Economic Research Consortium
Abstract
The fight against child labour is a challenge for policy makers in developing
countries. The objective of this study is to find other policies to reduce child
labour. Thus, this research shows the effect of school quality on schooling and
child labour in Ivory Coast. Primary data from the local survey on child labour
and education policies in 2010 collected from a sample of 750 households and
1,338 children with support from PASRES were used. The estimation of two
models (Heckman selection model and bivariate probit model) indicates that
the presence of canteen and electricity in the school significantly increases the