This paper uses data from Peru, Pakistan and Ghana to simultaneously analyse child labour and child schooling, and compares them between these countries. We use a multinomial logit estimation procedure that analyses the participation and non participation of children in schooling and in...

This paper investigates the main determinants of child labour and child schooling in Ghana, with special reference to the interaction between child labour and adult labour markets. This paper proposes a test of the link between household poverty and child labour hours, and provides Ghanian evidence.

This study adds to the knowledge of the transition period for young workers from formal schooling to the workforce. In particular, the article addresses the issue of whether previous employment experience in one or more part-time or full-time jobs incrases the probability of the individual...

The orthodoxy on weakest link public goods has a number of weak theoretical links. In most of the examples offered of the weakest-link public ggods concept individuals are not restricted to privately consuming the minimal contribution made by some other individual.

In recent years the productivity performance of the Australian economy has been extraordinary. For example, in terms of labour productivity in the market sector, over the period 1988/89 to 1997/98, labour productivity growth has increased at an average rate of 2.5 percent per year. This paper...

This paper examines the incidence of worker displacement in Australia between 1984 and 1996. Similar to recent international studies a particular focus is on whether job security declined between the 1980s and 1990s. It is found that a significant, but apparently temporary, increase in the...