Labour and health in colonial Nigeria

We examine the determinants of time allocation and child labour in a year-long panel of time-use data from colonial Nigeria. Using quantitative and ethnographic approaches, we show that health shocks imposed time costs on individuals. Whether individuals could recruit substitutes depended on social...

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Main Authors: Arthi, V, Fenske, J
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: University of Oxford 2014