What works to reduce child labor in agriculture? In this paper, we evaluate two randomized livelihood intervention programs, aimed to reduce child labor, particularly in its most exploitative forms, in rural areas of Peru and the Philippines. In the first randomized experiment, we evaluate a...

Child labour is a widespread phenomenon. Although economic activities of children have been commonplace even before the industrialisation, it has in the meanwhile become a lasting symbol of the industrial revolution and of industrialisation in general. In most countries the inclusion of children...

Im Jahr 2013 feierten die BerufsInfoZentren (BIZ) des AMS ihr mittlerweile 25-jähriges Jubiläum, im Jahr 2014 das gesamte AMS sein nunmehr 20-jähriges Bestehen, nachdem es 1994 aus der vormaligen Arbeitsmarktverwaltung (AMV) hervorgegangen ist. Beide Jubiläen sind Grund genug, eine...

Pathways to Education is a comprehensive youth support program developed to improve academic outcomes among those entering high school from very poor social-economic backgrounds. The program includes proactive mentoring to each student, daily tutoring, group activities, career counseling, and...

Providing mothers with access to paid parental leave may be an important public policy to improve child and maternal health. Using extensive information from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Children (LSAC), we contribute to the literature by estimating the effect of paid parental leave...