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Selection into Worst Forms of Child Labor: Child Domestics, Porters and Ragpickers in Nepal
Edmonds, Eric - eSocialSciences - 2007
A large literature considers why children work, but little is known about why children participate in activities that … evidence on the determinants of participation in worst forms largely comes from surveys of children engaged in those activities …. This study emphasizes that such evidence alone cannot be informative about the determinants of why children participate in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528263
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Institutional Influences on Human Capital Accumulation: Micro Evidence from Children Vulnerable to Bondage
Edmonds, Eric - eSocialSciences - 2007
The paper examines child labour, lower schooling attendance and attainment, and significantly elevated fertility in families vulnerable to debt bondage.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528288
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Pilot Intervention of Improved Cook Stoves in Rural Areas: Assessment of Effects on Fuel Use, Smoke Emission and Health
Dey, Nepal C.; Ali, ARM Mehrab; Ashraf, Anik; Arif, Tahmid - eSocialSciences - 2012
This study aims to explore the impact of improved cook stoves (ICS) on fuel expenditure (consumption), smoke emission, and health of women (cook) in rural households of Bangladesh. In the follow-up survey (January-March 2010), 1,569 households, constituting of both who received ICS immediately...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133255