We examine the effects of trade liberalization on child work and schooling in Indonesia. Our estimation strategy …

This paper examines the effect of a program that extended the length of a school day to improve schooling quality in … Mexico, on school enrollment, time spent on schooling activities, and child labor of children aged 7 to 14. We take advantage … being enrolled in school, but affects weekly hours allocated to schooling activities. Moreover, exposure to the program …

of a school day from four to six or eight hours in Mexico, on school enrollment, time spent on schooling activities, and … enrolled in school, but a positive effect on the weekly hours allocated to schooling activities. When focusing on child labor …

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the role of life expectancy for optimal schooling and … optimal schooling. The observed increase in survival rates during working ages that follows from the rectangularization of the … survival function is crucial for schooling and labor supply. The empirical results suggest that the relative benefits of …