Child Labor Variation by Type of Respondent: Evidence from a Large-Scale Study

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Parental Absence and Agency: The Household Characteristics of Hazardous Forms of Child Labour in Nepal

“…While there is a concern for the underreporting issue especially in hazardous forms of child labour, there are substantial cases of children reported to be working in hazardous environments. Because respondents in an interview tend to underreport the incidence of child labour, the prevalence of child labour is likely to be higher than what is reported (Dammert & Galdo, ).…”

Child labour measurement: Whom should we ask?

“…Dillon et al (2012) use a randomized survey experiment in the United Republic of Tanzania (hereinafter "Tanzania") and conclude that respondent selection, whether a child respondent or a proxy, does not matter when determining rates of child labour. Conversely, Dammert and Galdo (2013) find significant disagreement between child and proxy responses. Despite the fact that the data used in this study are most similar to the data used by Dillon et al (2012), with both data sets coming from Tanzania, the results reported here provide further evidence in support of the findings by Dammert and Galdo (2013): child and proxy reports of child labour vary significantly.…”

“…Conversely, Dammert and Galdo (2013) find significant disagreement between child and proxy responses. Despite the fact that the data used in this study are most similar to the data used by Dillon et al (2012), with both data sets coming from Tanzania, the results reported here provide further evidence in support of the findings by Dammert and Galdo (2013): child and proxy reports of child labour vary significantly. These results suggest that estimates of child labour increase by approximately 50 per cent when child self-reports, rather than proxy reports, are used to construct indicators of child labour prevalence.…”

“…First, as with Dammert and Galdo (2013), our data allow us to estimate a "pure" proxy effect, which is defined as the difference between child and proxy reports for the same child. This should provide a better estimate than Dillon et al (2012), who were unable to compare data on the same person from proxy responses and self-reporting.…”

Implications of Environmental Chores for Schooling: Children’s Time Fetching Water and Firewood in Tanzania

“…There is a small literature that speaks to the use of proxy respondents in the measurement of child labor, suggesting differential patterns of responses with respect to labor force work (e.g., Dammert and Galdo, 2013; Dillon et al ., 2012). Similarly, there are reasons to expect children to give different answers than adults to time-use questions.…”