Abstract
This paper takes an initial step in studying the determinants of child domestic labour and its relationship with mothers’ employment in Turkey. We focus on children that are responsible for performing the domestic chores in their households. Using household level data from Demographic and Health Survey (2003), we find that the probability of child domestic labour is greater if the oldest child in the household is female; and this is stronger in rural areas. We also find that the likelihood of child domestic labour decreases with parental education. Our findings also suggest that the unobservable factors that increase the probability that a mother works increases the probability of child domestic labour in urban areas, but the opposite is true for rural areas.
Highlights
Substantial progress has been made in eradicating child labour both in the developing and the developed countries
Our findings suggest that the unobservable factors that increase the probability that a mother works increases the probability of child domestic labour in urban areas, but the opposite is true for rural areas
This paper aims to serve as a useful starting point for understanding the relationship between mothers’ employment and child domestic labour in Turkey
Summary
Substantial progress has been made in eradicating child labour both in the developing and the developed countries. Most of the child labour that is unpaid takes place in family-owned enterprises, which makes it difficult to distinguish from household chores. Children perform non-market work, which refers to the provision of goods and services to household or community members. Household chores such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping constitute a large share of non-market work.. While work done at home is not counted in official child labour statistics, some studies document that it is a widespread phenomenon with its extent varying across countries (Edmonds & Pavcnik, 2005; Webbink, Smits, & De Jong, 2011). We refer to non-market work performed by children in the household as ‘child domestic labour’
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