This paper uses a unique micro panel dataset of Brazilian students to investigate the impact of working while in school on learning outcomes. The potential endogeneity is addressed through the use of difference-in-difference and instrumental variable estimators. A negative effect of working on...

This paper develops a model with overlapping generations, where the household's optimal fertility, child labour, and education decisions depend on the parents expectations or beliefs about the return to education. It is shown that there exists a range of parental income where the fertility rate...