Using empirical methods, this paper examines household schooling and child
labor decisions in rural Bangladesh. The results suggest the following: poverty and low
parental education are associated with lower schooling and greater child labor; assetowning
households are more likely to have children combine child labor with schooling;
households choose the same activity for all children within the household, regardless of
gender; there is a weak association between direct costs and household decisions; finally,
higher child wages encourage households to practice child labor.