Child Labour or School Attendance? Evidence from Zambia.

In this paper, we investigate what affects school attendance and child labour in an LDC, using data from Zambia. We find some support for the hypothesis that poverty forces households to keep their children away from school.

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Year of publication:	1996
Authors:	Jensen, P. ; Nielsen, H.S.
Institutions:	School of Economics and Management, Institut for Økonomi
Subject:	CHILDREN \| LABOUR MARKET

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Series:	Centre for Labour Market and Social Research, Danmark-.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	23 pages
Classification:	J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; I21 - Analysis of Education ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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