Evidence suggests that insufficient household income can lead to labour supplementation by children and adolescents. The pressure on them to enter the labour market results in less time available for school activities and, ultimately, in school drop-out. Thus most impact evaluations of...

In the evaluation of conditional or unconditional cash transfer programmes, research that examines their effects on children?s and adolescents? school performance and participation in the labour market figures prominently. The programme effect is important because such programmes are designed...

As evidências sugerem que uma renda familiar insuficiente pode levar à suplementação de trabalho por parte de crianças e adolescentes. A pressão para que elas entrem no mercado de trabalho resulta em menos tempo disponível para atividades escolares e, consequentemente, em abandono...