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Education in Latin America and the Caribbean at a crossroads : regional monitoring report SDG4 - Education 2030
UNESCO; UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Latin …; … - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426140
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Impact of income and non-income shocks on child labour : evidence from a panel survey of Tanzania
Bandara, Amarakoon; Dehejia, Rajeev H.; Rouse, Shaheen Lavie - 2014
This paper investigates the impact of income and non-income shocks on child labour using a model in which the household maximizes utility from consumption as well as human capital development of the child. Two types of shocks are considered: agricultural shocks as an income shock and the death...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408442
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More is more : livelihood interventions and child labor in the agricultural sector
Chiodi, Vera; Escudero, Verónica - 2020
of their children on their family farms, accompanied by an education intervention aimed to improve the quality of schools … measures to improve the quality of education in Peru, we see a reduction in hazardous child labor and child labor overall … had an effect in the reduction of child labor, and these effects were reinforced by education interventions. Results …
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Economic influences on child migration decisions : evidence from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Edmonds, Eric V. (contributor); Salinger, Philip (contributor) - 2007
Why do young children migrate without a parent? We consider the economic components of the answer to this question by examining the correlates of out-migration for children under 15 whose mother's reside in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. 1 million children appear to have migrated away from home...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003586573
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Can microinsurance help prevent child labor? : an impact evaluation from Pakistan
Landmann, Andreas; Frölich, Markus - 2013
Child labor is a common consequence of economic shocks in developing countries. We show how reducing vulnerability can affect child labor and schooling. We exploit the extension of a health and accident insurance scheme by a Pakistani microfinance institution (MFI) that was set up as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729705
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Market access and child labour : survey evidence from Rural Uganda
Muhumuza, Tony - 2012
The study analyses the relationship between access to rural product markets and the extent and nature of child labour. It is built on the view that if physical markets can shape rural development through, for instance, influencing prices, household production decisions and employment, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009666495
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Child labor bans, employment, and school attendance : evidence from changes in the minimum working age
Kozhaya, Mireille; Martinez Flores, Fernanda - 2022
This paper investigates the effect of a unique child labor ban regulation on employment and school enrollment. The ban implemented in Mexico in 2015, increased the minimum working age from 14 to 15, introduced restrictions to employ underage individuals, and imposed penalties for the violation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013163233
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Child labor bans, employment, and school attendance : evidence from changes in the minimum working age
Kozhaya, Mireille; Martinez Flores, Fernanda - 2022
This paper investigates the effect of a unique child labor ban regulation on employment and school enrollment. The ban implemented in Mexico in 2015, increased the minimum working age from 14 to 15, introduced restrictions to employ underage individuals, and imposed penalties for the violation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013169563
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Trabajo, educación y salud de las niñas en Américal Latina y el Caribe : indicadores elaborados en el marco de la plataforma de Beijing
Zapata Sapiencia, Daniela (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003478571
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Chronicle of a deceleration foretold : income inequality in Latin America in the 2010s
Gasparini, Leonardo; Cruces, Guillermo; Tornarolli, Leopoldo - 2015
After a decade of strong progress toward the goal of reducing the high levels of income disparities, there are clear signs of a deceleration in the pace of inequality reduction in Latin America. This paper argues that the deceleration is the result of two set of reasons. First, several of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011459691