work, household chores, and school related activities of Guatemalan children between 2000 and 2011. The paper also exploits … conditional on having stayed in school for time t. Results suggest that working children are two to four times more likely to drop … out of school or to have never enrolled than the rest of the children in the sample. The findings also reveal the …

In the context of AIDS and a declining economy, one strategy for children to ensure their own livelihood is to engage … humiliations they face therein, as well as the benefits they derive, including, in some cases, education. Most children wanted …