Idiosyncratic Shocks and Child Labor: Does Gender Matter? Evidence from Indonesia

• Main Authors: Kharisma, Bayu, Satriawan, Elan, Arsyad, Lincolin
• Format: UMS Journal (OJS)
• Language: eng
• Published: Muhammadiyah University Press 2017
• Subjects: Idiosyncratic Shocks; Child Labor; Gender; Working Hours of Children; School Participation; J13; J16
• Online Access: https://journals.ums.ac.id/index.php/JEP/article/view/2907

This paper aims to analyze the effect of various idiosyncratic shocks against child labor, working hours of children and school participation based on gender. Also, the role of the assets held by households as one of the coping strategies to mitigate the effects of such shocks. The results of random...