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Child Labour, School Attendance andPerformance: A Review

Orazem, Peter F.; Gunnarsson, L. Victoria - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2004

This paper reviews the issues surrounding the derivation of estimates of the impact of child labor on school outcomes …

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Child Labor and School Achievement in Latin America

Gunnarsson, L. Victoria; Orazem, Peter F.; Sánchez, … - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2003

Child labor's effect on academic achievement is estimated, using unique data on 3rd and 4th graders in 9 Latin American countries. Cross-country variation in truancy regulations provides an exogenous shift in the ages of children normally in these grades, providing exogenous variation in...

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Core Labour Standards and FDI : Friends or Foes? The Case of Child Labour

Braun, Sebastian - Sonderforschungsbereich Ökonomisches Risiko <Berlin>

We test the often-cited hypothesis that high levels of child labour attract foreigninvestors. Using panel data we show the overall effect, which child labour has on foreign direct investment (FDI), to be a (small) negative one. We find strong evidence for the theoretical prediction that child...

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School Attendance and Child Labor -A Model of Collective Behavior

Strulik, Holger - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2009

This paper theoretically investigates how community approval or disapprovalaects school attendance and child labor and … of low school attendanceand child labor. But it provides also an explanation for why equally poor villagesor regions can … display dierent attitudes towards schooling. Distinguishing betweenthree dierent modes of child time allocation, school …

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High School Employment, School Performance, andCollege Entry

Lee, Chanyoung; Orazem, Peter F. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2008

The proportion of U.S. high school students working during the school year ranges from 23% in thefreshman year to 75 …% in the senior year. This study estimates how cumulative work histories duringthe high school years affect probability of … dropout, high school academic performance, and theprobability of attending college. Variation in individual date of birth and …

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If Johnny can’t work, can Johnny read better?: ChildLabor Laws, Labor Supply and Schooling Outcomes

Lee, Chanyoung; Orazem, Peter F. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2008

common state child labor restrictions are work permit requirements for teenagersand school dropout ages that are more … more stringent truancy laws increase marginally high school academicperformance.[...] …

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Lifetime Health Consequences of Child Labor in Brazil

Lee, Chanyoung; Orazem, Peter F. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2009

child labor whileincreasing time in school significantly lowers the probability of early onset of physicalailments such as … health impacts of child labor from theimpacts of reduced time in school.[...] …

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Origins and Consequences of Child Labor Restrictions:A Macroeconomic Perspective

Doepke, Matthias; Krueger, Dirk - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

We investigate the positive and normative consequences of child-labor restrictions foreconomic aggregates and welfare. We argue that even though the laissez-faire outcome maybe inefficient, there are usually better policies to cure these inefficiencies than the impositionof a child-labor ban...

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Economic Influences on Child Migration Decisions:Evidence from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

Edmonds, Eric V.; Salinger, Philip - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Why do young children migrate without a parent? We consider the economic components ofthe answer to this question by examining the correlates of out-migration for children under 15whose mother's reside in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. 1 million children appear to havemigrated away from home in...

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The Relation between Child Labour andMothers´ Work: The Case of India

Francavilla, Francesca; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

The paper deals with child labour in developing countries. We address a problem that hasrecently drawn much attention at the international level, that is, how to invest in women´srights to advance the rights of both women and children. We study the problem from a newperspective. In our...

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