Description: How Land Title Affects Child Labor?

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How Land Title Affects Child Labor?

Secure property rights are considered a key determinant of economic development. However, evaluation of the causal effects of land titling is a difficult task. Since 2004, the Brazilian government, through a program called "Papel Passado,"...

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Main Authors:	Serpa Barros de Moura, Mauricio Jose, da Silveira Bueno, Rodrigo De Losso, Leony, Larissa
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ALIMONY CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOR HOURS COLLATERAL COLLEGE DEGREE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTION CREDIT ACCESS CREDIT CARD CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT MARKET CREDIT MARKETS CURRENT INCOME DEBIT CARD DEMOCRACY DEPOSIT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORIANS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMICS EDUCATION PROGRAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING ECONOMY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT ENDOWMENTS ENTREPRENEUR EXPROPRIATION FAMILIES FEDERAL BUDGET FEMALE FISCAL CONSTRAINTS FISCAL RESOURCES FORMAL OWNERSHIP GENDER GLOBAL ECONOMY HEAD OF THE FAMILY HOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEWIFE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBAND INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOMPLETE CONTRACTS INCREMENTAL INCOME INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INSTALLMENT INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTING LABOR ALLOCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR HOURS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LACK OF INFORMATION LACK OF PROPERTY LAND AS COLLATERAL LAND MARKETS LAND POLICY LAND REFORM LAND REGISTRATION LAND RIGHTS LAND TITLE LAND TITLES LAND TITLING LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVY LIVING STANDARDS LOAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW-INCOME MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY MANPOWER MARGINAL VALUE MARITAL STATUS MARKET VALUE MARKET WAGE MARKET WAGES MINIMUM WAGE MOBILE PHONE OPPORTUNITY COST OPTIMAL ALLOCATION OWNERSHIP RIGHTS PENSION PERSONAL LOAN POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR COMMUNITIES POOR COMMUNITY PRIVATE PROPERTIES PROBABILITY PRODUCTION CAPACITY PROPERTY MARKET PROPERTY RIGHT PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC POLICY QUESTIONNAIRE QUESTIONNAIRES REAL ESTATE REGRESSION ANALYSIS RESIDENCE RESOURCE MOBILIZATION RETIRED RETIREMENT RETURN RETURNS SAFETY SAFETY NET SALARY SEX SMALLHOLDER SOCIAL SECURITY SOURCE OF INCOME TITLE REGISTRATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE VALUABLE VILLAGE VILLAGES WELFARE PROGRAMS WILL WORK FORCE WORK HOURS
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090805142625 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4205

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Summary:	Secure property rights are considered a key determinant of economic development. However, evaluation of the causal effects of land titling is a difficult task. Since 2004, the Brazilian government, through a program called "Papel Passado," has issued titles to more than 85,000 families and has the goal to reach 750,000. Another topic in public policy that is crucial for developing economies is child labor force participation. In Brazil, about 5.4 million children and teenagers between 5 and 17 years old are working full time. This paper examines the direct impact of securing a property title on child labor force participation. In order to isolate the causal role of ownership security, this study uses a comparison between two close and similar communities in the City of Osasco case (a town with 650,000 people in the São Paulo metropolitan area). The key point of this case is that some units participate in the program and others do not. One of them, Jardim Canaã, received land titles in 2007; the other, Jardim DR, given fiscal constraints, will not be part of the program until 2012, and for that reason became the control group. Estimates, generated using the difference-in-difference econometric technique suggest that titling results in a substantial decrease in child labor force participation for the families that received the title compared with the others. These findings are relevant for future policy tools for dealing with informality and how it affects economic growth.