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Household Income As a Determinant of Child Labor and School Enrollment in Brazil; Evidence From a Social Security Reform
Filho, Irineu E. Carvalho - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper studies the effects of household income on labor participation and school enrollment of children aged 10 to 14 in Brazil using a social security reform as a source of exogenous variation in household income. Estimates imply that the gap between actual and full school enrollment was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605307
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The Distributional Bias of Public Education; Causes and Consequences
Gradstein, Mark; Dabla-Norris, Era - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
While public education is often intended to be progressive in its effects on income distribution, in reality its … in appropriating a larger share of public education spending thereby preventing inequality reduction. The empirical part … provides tentative support for this view, showing that the progressiveness of public education spending is related to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826262
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Barriers to Capital Accumulation and the Incidence of Child Labor
Espinosa-Vega, Marco A; Barnett, Richard C. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
The World Bank documents an inverse relationship between GDP per capita and child labor participation rates. We construct a life-cycle model with human and physical capital in which parents make a time allocation choice for their child. The model considers two features that have shown potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825821
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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investment; Evidence From Indian Tariff Reform
Edmonds, Eric V.; Pavcnik, Nina; Topalova, Petia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Do the short and medium term adjustment costs associated with trade liberalization influence schooling and child labor decisions? We examine this question in the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. Overall, in the 1990s, rural India experienced a dramatic increase in schooling and decline in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599670
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Household Income As A Determinant of Child Labor and School Enrollment in Brazil
Carvalho Filho, Irineu E. - 2008
This paper studies the effects of household income on labor participation and school enrollment of children aged 10 to 14 in Brazil using a social security reform as a source of exogenous variation in household income. Estimates imply that the gap between actual and full school enrollment was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677675
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Household Income As A Determinant of Child Labor and School Enrollment in Brazil : Evidence From A Social Security Reform
de Carvalho Filho, Irineu - 2008
This paper studies the effects of household income on labor participation and school enrollment of children aged 10 to 14 in Brazil using a social security reform as a source of exogenous variation in household income. Estimates imply that the gap between actual and full school enrollment was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409070
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Increasing Productivity Growth in Middle Income Countries
Abdychev, Aidar; Jirasavetakul, La-Bhus Fah; Jonelis, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
quality of their public spending, most notably in education to minimize the skill mismatch in the labor market, reduce the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123829
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The Quality of the Recent High-Growth Episode in Sub-Saharan Africa
Martinez, Marcelo; Mlachila, Montfort - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
episodes? (ii) has this growth had an impact on socially desirable outcomes, for example, improvements in health, education and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123863
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A Hybrid Approach to Estimating the Efficiency of Public Spending on Education in Emerging and Developing Economies
Grigoli, Francesco - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
The measurement of the efficiency of public education expenditure using parametric and non-parametric methods has … the efficiency of secondary education spending in emerging and developing economies. The approach accounts for the impact … of the level of development on education outcomes by constructing different efficiency frontiers for lower- and higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242208
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Growth and Employment in the Dominican Republic; Options for a Job-Rich Growth
Abdullaev, Umidjon; Estevao, Marcello - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
market wages above fallback incomes to attract individuals to the labor force. For that, measures to improve education and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242228