TY  - RPRT
AB  - We evaluate the impact of fair trade (FT) affiliation on child schooling within a sample of Chilean honey producers with a retrospective panel data approach. From a theoretical point of view we argue that FT should have a positive effect on child schooling since it generates a short run pure income effect together with a medium run productivity effect on both adult and child wages. On the other hand, because of the higher productivity generated by the medium run effect, the opportunity cost of child education increases if they work with their parents. The direction of the impact of FT affiliation on child schooling is therefore uncertain and requires empirical testing. Our econometric findings document a positive and significant impact of affiliation years on child schooling after controlling for endogeneity and heterogeneity between the treatment and control sample.
AU  - Becchetti, Leonardo
AU  - Castriota, Stefano
AU  - Michetti, Melania
DA  - 2012-09
DA  - 2012-09
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.138214
DO  - doi
ID  - 138214
KW  - Labor and Human Capital
KW  - Fair Trade
KW  - Child Schooling
KW  - Impact Study
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/138214/files/NDL2012-056.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/138214/files/NDL2012-056.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/138214/files/NDL2012-056.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/138214/files/NDL2012-056.pdf
N2  - We evaluate the impact of fair trade (FT) affiliation on child schooling within a sample of Chilean honey producers with a retrospective panel data approach. From a theoretical point of view we argue that FT should have a positive effect on child schooling since it generates a short run pure income effect together with a medium run productivity effect on both adult and child wages. On the other hand, because of the higher productivity generated by the medium run effect, the opportunity cost of child education increases if they work with their parents. The direction of the impact of FT affiliation on child schooling is therefore uncertain and requires empirical testing. Our econometric findings document a positive and significant impact of affiliation years on child schooling after controlling for endogeneity and heterogeneity between the treatment and control sample.
PY  - 2012-09
PY  - 2012-09
T1  - The Effect of Fair Trade Affiliation on Child Schooling: Evidence from a Sample of Chilean Honey Producers
TI  - The Effect of Fair Trade Affiliation on Child Schooling: Evidence from a Sample of Chilean Honey Producers
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/138214/files/NDL2012-056.pdf
Y1  - 2012-09
T2  - CCSD
T2  - 56.2012
ER  -