I assess the short-term impact of a public employment program on child labor and school attendance in Argentina. Public … employment increases opportunities for adults outside the household, and may correspondingly raise the returns to children …'s productive activities at home. The effect of public employment on school attendance may thus be small. However, I find that the …

We exploit the implementation of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to identify exogenous shifts in …

in monthly earnings among those employed. However, there are no overall impacts on employment rates. Regarding non … employability and quality of employment, the practical significance of the impacts is unclear, as there is only weak evidence that …