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• Published date: 01 June 2018
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/ilr.12062
• Date: 01 June 2018

International

Labour

Review

2018 2 > Volume 157/2 June

Contents

169 Child labour measurement: Whom should we ask? Sarah A. JANZEN

Funding decisions to support vulnerable children are tied to child labour statistics,

hence the importance of an accurate measurement. The author analyses whether

the type of respondent plays an important role in explaining variations in child

labour statistics. Using data from two sites in Tanzania, the analysis shows that

“whom we ask” matters considerably when estimating the prevalence of child

labour. The results suggest that prevalence increases by approximately 35 to 65 per

cent when using child self-reports rather than proxy reports. This bias affects 14 to

31 per cent of the sample, depending on the indicator. Discrepancies decrease as the

child ages and increase if proxy attitudes demonstrate opposition to child labour.

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193 Remittances and labour market outcomes: Evidence from Mexico

Amarendra SHARMA and Oscar CÁRDENAS

The effects of remittances on labour market outcomes have been studied by many

researchers, primarily using micro-level data. While a few studies have also used

macro-level data, they suffer from endogeneity bias due to the inclusion of re-

mittances in their estimations. The present study attempts to ll the gap in the

literature by using a set of panel data of Mexican states and by addressing the

endogeneity bias with a system GMM (generalized method of moments) estima-

tor. The main conclusions are that remittances increase labour force participation

rates and reduce median hours worked, critical employment and unemployment

duration.

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