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Why do Indian children work, and is it bad for them?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio Camillo - 2000
The causes and consequences of child labour are examined theoretically and empirically within a household decision framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural households. The complex interactions uncovered by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415593
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Work versus school? : the effect of work on educational expenditures for children in Mexico
Kaletski, Elizabeth - 2016
working and education. I look at the empirical relationship between working and educational expenditure budget shares for … particular, on average, girls engaged in paid work have total annual education expenditure shares that are 48.6% higher than … expenditure is directed towards goods that improve the quality of education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011502758
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Keeping refugee children in school and out of work: evidence from the world's largest humanitarian cash transfer program
Aygün, Aysun Hızıroglu; Kirdar, Murat G.; Koyuncu, Murat - 2021
This paper investigates whether unconditional cash transfers can keep refugee children in school and out of work. We raise this question in the unique context of Turkey, which hosts the world's largest refugee population (including 3.6 million Syrians). Refugees in Turkey are supported by the...
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School integration of refugee children: evidence from the largest refugee group in any country
Kirdar, Murat G.; Koç, İsmet; Dayıoğlu, Meltem - 2021
Although school integration of the children of economic migrants in developed countries is well-studied in the literature, little evidence based on large scale representative data exists on the school integration of refugee children - many of whom live in low- or middle-income countries. This...
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Child labor in China
Tang, Can; Zhao, Liqiu; Zhao, Zhong - 2016
development level of each region: the Western region has the highest percentage of child labor, followed by the Eastern and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480820
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Child labor and the arrival of refugees : evidence from Tanzania
Kofol, Chiara; Naghsh Nejad, Maryam - 2017
Tanzania between 1991 and 2004. The study uses longitudinal data from the Kagera Health and Development Survey. Using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785599
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The impact of child labor and school quality on academic achievement in Brazil
Bezerra, Márcio Eduardo G.; Kassouf, Ana Lúcia; … - 2009
We analyze the impact of child labor on school achievement using Brazilian school achievement test data from the 2003 Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Básica (SAEB). We control for the endogeneity of child labor using instrumental variable techniques, where the instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824949
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Impact of paternal temporary absence on children left behind
Booth, Alison L.; Tamura, Yuji - 2009
affects children left behind in terms of their school attendance, household expenditures on education, and nonhousework labor … attendance or education-related household expenditures. -- Parental absence ; temporary migration ; schooling ; human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894803
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The influence of market wages and parental history on child labour and schooling in Egypt
Wahba, Jackline (contributor) - 2005
on average 10 percent more likely to send their children to work. In addition, higher local regional income inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003248225
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Family ceremonies as a constraint on informal sector investment : the case of Sénégal
Bennett, John; Levy, Stephanie - 2018
We analyze how intermittent large expenditures on family ceremonies may affect an entrepreneur's investment decision in an informal enterprise. Our hypothesis is that the barrier between family and enterprise is thin and permeable. We test this hypothesis using a survey from Sénégal that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863842