the probability of attending school and decrease the probability of combining work and school, particularly for boys; the … probability of being in school for secondary school children was about 6 percent higher in 2002 than in 1998. These estimates … children in provinces fully implementing the FEL were 3 percent more likely to be in school and 1.6 percent points less likely …

find it difficult to escape poverty. If children's school attendance and work were highly substitutable activities, it … boost school attendance so as to reduce child work. Hence, this article examines the effects of schooling costs upon both … children's propensities to work and to attend school in rural northern India in a bid to assess the extent of trade-off between …