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Gender Issues in Child Labor
World Bank - 2012
attention to gender differences among working children. This is so because standard definitions of child labor tend to … child labor may differ by gender; and, because the consequences of child labor may differ by gender. A number of policy … reduce child labor should address its specific causes, and should recognize that these causes may differ by gender. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012556305
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Leveling the intra-household playing field : compensation and specialization in child labor allocation
V. Del Carpio, Ximena - 2009
"This paper analyzes changes in the allocation of child labor within the household in reaction to exogenous shocks created by a social program in Nicaragua. The paper shows that households that randomly received a conditional cash transfer compensated for some of the intra-household differences,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394116
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Wealth : crucial but not sufficient evidence from Pakistan on economic growth, child labor, and schooling
Hou, Xiaohui - 2009
"The relationship between wealth and child labor has been widely examined. This paper uses three rounds of time-series, cross-sectional data to examine the relationship between wealth and child labor and schooling. The paper finds that wealth is crucial in determining a child's activities, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394125
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Poverty alleviation and child labor
Edmonds, Eric V. - 2008
"Does child labor decrease as household income rises? This question has important implications for the design of policy on child labor. This paper focuses on a program of unconditional cash transfers in Ecuador. It argues that the effect of a small increase in household income on child labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521057
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A positive stigma for child labor?
Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2008
"The authors introduce a simple empirical model that assumes a positive stigma (or norm) toward child labor that is common in some developing countries. They illustrate the positive stigma model using data from Guatemala. Controlling for several child and household-level characteristics, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521062
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Does child labor always decrease with income? : an evaluation in the context of a development program in Nicaragua
Del Carpio, Ximena V. - 2008
-15 years of age) are included in the sample. Expanding the analysis by stratifying the sample by age and gender shows that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521065
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The consequences of child labor : evidence from longitudinal data in rural Tanzania
Beegle, Kathleen (contributor) - 2008
"This paper exploits a unique longitudinal data set from Tanzania to examine the consequences of child labor on education, employment choices, and marital status over a 10-year horizon. Shocks to crop production and rainfall are used as instrumental variables for child labor. For boys, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521082
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Migration, school attainment, and child labor : evidence from rural Pakistan
Mansuri, Ghazala - 2006
greater for girls, yielding a very substantial reduction in gender inequalities in access to education. Significantly, though …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522117
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Cash transfers, conditions, school enrollment, and child work : evidence from a randomized experiment in Ecuador
Schady, Norbert Rudiger - 2006
"The impact of cash transfer programs on the accumulation of human capital is a topic of great policy importance. An attendant question is whether program effects are larger when transfers are "conditioned" on certain behaviors, such as a requirement that households enroll their children in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522131
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Child labor, school attendance, and indigenous households : Evidence from Mexico
Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2005
"The authors use panel data for Mexico for 1997 to 1999 to test several assumptions regarding the impact of a conditional cash transfer program on child labor, emphasizing the differential impact on indigenous households. Using data from the conditional cash transfer program in Mexico--PROGRESA...
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