This research study analyzed the patterns of time allocation, in particular, the consequences of child labor on the accumulation of schooling among children and adolescents. Conceptually, the study departed from an interdisciplinary approach. From economy, we used Becker’s theoretical...

Within the context of significant economic and educational changes, the objective of this paper is to investigate tendencies since the 1980s in the allocation of children’s time between school and work in Mexico and Peru. As measured by school enrollment rates, which have been rising in both...

Sobre el tema de la educación todos tenemos opinión, porque todos hemos pasado por la escuela y la mayoría tenemos además hijos, sobrinos o nietos cuyo futuro nos preocupa. Más allá de ideas sugerentes y de análisis más o menos brillantes, no disponemos sin embargo sino de estudios muy...