Essays on Child Labor and Inequality

This dissertation studies a number of issues related to Development Economics. The first chapter explains how we can use multiple correspondence analysis to calculate an asset index, and then offers an inequality analysis using the asset index. The second chapter provides a theoretical explanation of an odd relationship between child labor and per capita land holding in a household, and then provides empirical evidence for the explanation. Finally, the third chapter represents the results of a study of the behavior of rural households during shocks. Across the entire dissertation, we use three cross sectional surveys, conducted in 2001, 2007-8 and 2010-11 in Zimbabwe.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Department dc:contributor.department

Economics, Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Oryoie, Ali Reza

Chairs dc:contributor.committeechair

• Alwang, Jeffrey R.
• Tideman, Nicolaus

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• You, Wen
• Norton, George W.

• Child Labor
• Education
• Inequality Analysis
• Asset Index
• Economic Shock

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:8973

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/72965