Child work and schooling in Bangladesh: the role of birth order

Khanam, Rasheda and Rahman, Mohammad Mafizur (2007) Child work and schooling in Bangladesh: the role of birth order. Journal of Biosocial Science, 39 (5). pp. 641-656. ISSN 0021-9320

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Abstract

Using data from Bangladesh, this paper examines how the birth order of a child influences parental decisions to place children in one of four activities: 'study only', 'study and work', 'neither work nor study' and 'work only'. The results of the multinomial logit model show that being a first-born child increases the probability of work as the prime activity, or at least a combination of school and work, rather than schooling only. The results confirm that later-born children are more likely to be in school than their earlier-born counterparts.

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Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	Published version deposited in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
Faculty / Department / School:	Historic - Faculty of Business - School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2007 01:22
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2013 22:50
Uncontrolled Keywords:	work patterns, birth order, oldest child
Fields of Research :	16 Studies in Human Society > 1603 Demography > 160399 Demography not elsewhere classified 16 Studies in Human Society > 1603 Demography > 160301 Family and Household Studies
Identification Number or DOI:	doi: 10.1017/S0021932007001976
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/3212

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