Could a partial subsidy for child education increase children's participation in paid work? In contrast to much of the theoretical and empirical child labor literature, this paper shows that child work...
Many policy instruments can be used to address or affect child labor, even if they are implemented to achieve other objectives. From a theoretical point of view, however, the impact of these policies on...
Overcoming the twin challenges of child labor and educational marginalization will be critical to progress towards the millennium development goals in the Economic commission for West Africa States (ECOWAS)...
Overcoming the twin challenges of child labor and educational marginalization will be critical to progress towards the millennium development goals in the Economic commission for West Africa States (ECOWAS)...
Cash transfer programs are widely used in settings where child labor is prevalent. Although many of these programs are explicitly implemented to improve children's welfare, in theory their impact on child...
The report shows that the decline in child labor in Mexico did not happen by itself, much of the decline can be traced to active efforts across a range of policy areas. Particularly important were active...
Brazil has witnessed dramatic progress towards eliminating child labor and achieving universal basic school enrolment in the last two decades. Indeed, in the period from 1992 to 2009, economic activity...
The study addresses the comparability of child labor estimates produced by different common household survey instruments. This question has important implications for credibility of published estimates...
The report highlights the close linkages between child labor and broader development objectives, and the consequent need to address child labor as an important component of national development strategies...
The report highlights the close linkages between child labor and broader development objectives, and the consequent need to address child labor as an important component of national development strategies...
The report highlights the close linkages between child labor and broader development objectives, and the consequent need to address child labor as an important component of national development strategies...
The report presents evidence of country-specific child labor situations and trends, of reasons why child labor matters from a child rights and national development perspective, and of the policies holding...
The study assesses trends in children's involvement in employment and schooling in Andhra Pradesh over the eleven-year period from 1994 to 2005. Considerable progress was made in getting children out of...
Recent years have seen a sustained progress in the fight against child labour. The current global economic and financial crisis can potentially reverse the positive trends observed in several countries...
Child labor constitutes a key obstacle to achieving universal primary education and other Millennium Development Goals in Uganda. It not only harms the welfare of individual children, but also slows broader...
Education is a key element in the prevention of child labor; at the same time, child labor is one of the main obstacles to Education for All (EFA). Understanding the interplay between education and child...
This paper develops a model of investment in education and school-to work transition under uncertainty. The main predictions of the model are tested for Brazilian households using Pesquisa Nacional por...
In this paper, the authors investigate whether the differential evolution of child work across Brazilian states between 1980 and 2000 can be explained by their different patterns of specialization in industries...
The paper analyzes the effect of different shocks on household decisions concerning children's involvement in work and school in rural Cambodia. The authors assess the differential impact of three different...
This paper aims to begin to fill in the gap about the possible role of school quality in affecting household decisions relative to children's work and school attendance. While from a theoretical point...