The income contribution of child work is undoubtedly a key factor influencing child work and schooling decisions. Yet …

The income contribution of child work is undoubtedly a key factor influencing child work and schooling decisions. Yet …

of these, the Millennium Development Goals, call for universal primary schooling and full gender parity by 2015. This … nevertheless adopted a litany of utopian international goals for universal school enrollment and gender parity in education based … work quantifies how long it has taken countries rich and poor to make the transition towards high enrollments and gender …

effects on growth and well- being, and has done little to promote greater gender equality. This paper argues that the example … growth was rapid, it was not enough to produce greater gender equality. A concentration of women in mobile export industries … that face severe competition from other low-wage countries reduces their bargaining power and inhibits closure of gender …