Is improved school accessibility an effective policy tool for reducing child labor in developing countries? We address … school. Consistent with a simple model of child labor supply, but contrary to what appears to be a widespread perception, our … analysis shows that school proximity leads to a rise in school attendance but no fall in child labor. …

in Colombia in 2002, on school enrolment and child labour. Using a quasi-experimental approach, our methodology makes use … programme increased school participation of 14 to 17 year old children quite substantially, by between 5 and 7 percentage points … largely unaffected by the programme. We also find evidence of school and work time not being fully substitutable, suggesting …

that mortality risks are a major source of risks in returns to education in developing countries. We show that, in the …. Uncertain returns to education, endogenous mortality or imperfect capital markets unambiguously increase child labour. When the …

affects children left behind in terms of their school attendance, household expenditures on education, and nonhousework labour … supply is not affected. We find no evidence that paternal temporary absence influences his children in terms of school … attendance or education-related household expenditures. …

phenomenon, there is limited evidence on the consequences of child labour for socioeconomic outcomes such as education … labour on subsequent school participation and educational attainment. On the other hand, we find that those who worked as …

, affects children’s school enrolment and work participation in rural Colombia. In our empirical specification we use household … different effects for boys and girls. For boys, the adverse event reduces school participation and increases participation in …