The demand for gratitude as a restraint on the use of child labor: A hypothesis

Abstract We study a parent's demand for gratitude from his child. view this as an intervening variable between the earnings and incidence of child labor. The arises desire parent to receive care support late in life, while inclination provide during adulthood is determined by how was treated childhood. Specifically, we model child's inverse function intensity labor show that when keep (imputed) wage constant, decreases with earnings. However, make earnings, then outcome can be different. With help numerical example, pattern related U-shaped.