Market wages, family composition and the time allocation of children in agricultural households

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Abstract
This article draws upon a time allocation survey of a four‐year panel of households from six villages in semi‐arid tropic rural India. The inter‐relationships among adult male. female and child market wage rates, and time allocated to domestic activities, leisure and schooling by boys and girls are analysed. The results based on the pooled time‐series and cross‐section individual observations suggest that adult and child wage rates play an important role in the time allocation of both boys and girls.