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Child Labour and Basic Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
Arboleda, Vicky Colbert de; Himes, James R.; Mendez, … - 1994
The high primary school enrolment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean mask poor performance in terms of the quality, relevance and cost-effectiveness of formal schooling in the region. What happens to the millions of children who repeat school years, underperform in their first years of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004981818
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Exploring Alternative Approaches to Combating Child Labour: Case studies from developing countries
Boyden, Jo; Myers, William - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005532929
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The Relationship between Education and Child Work
Boyden, Jo - 1994
-economic challenge. Universal primary education may be the single most effective instrument for meeting this challenge, but because of … case studies from different countries and exploring the many different ways child work and education are interconnected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005532927
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The Subterranean Child Labour Force: Subcontracted home-based manufacturing in Asia
Biggeri, Mario; Mehrotra, Santosh - 2002
Child labour is widespread in home based manufacturing activities in the informal sector in most developing countries. This form of child labour will not attract the penal provisions of a country’s laws banning child labour. This paper draws on surveys carried out in five Asian countries –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004981864
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School-related Economic Incentives in Latin America: Reducing drop-out and repetition and combating child labour
Schiefelbein, Ernesto - 1997
This paper examines the barriers to educational achievement presented by child labour and the formal education systems … of Latin America. Parents put pressure on children to work rather than study, and historically the formal education … courses, which in turn prompts parents to view education as irrelevant. The paper examines the various economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005430336
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What is the Effect of Child Labour on Learning Achievement? Evidence from Ghana
Heady, Christopher - 2000
years. Author Christopher Heady moves away from conventional studies on child labour and education, which tend to focus on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005551395
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Better Schools, Less Child Work. Child Work and Education in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru
Glasinovich, Walter Alarcón; Salazar, María Cristina - 1996
the age of completion of compulsory education. As well as increasing our understanding of the complex relationships … between children, work and education, the original studies also drew up measures and definitions that have subsequently been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004981815
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Child Labour and Educational Deprivation of Children : A Review of Literature
Motkuri, Venkatanarayana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper reviews the existing literature to bring out the broad understanding with respect to determinant of child labour and educational deprivation of children.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110933
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The Supply of Child Labour
Cigno, Alessandro - 2004
The paper develops a theoretical framework, and a diagrammatic apparatus, for explaining the supply of child labour. It examines the effect of credit, insurance, and poverty (defined as more than just low income). It also explains bonded child labour, a modern form of slavery closely associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261870
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The Supply of Child Labour
Cigno, Alessandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The paper develops a theoretical framework, and a diagrammatic apparatus, for explaining the supply of child labour. It examines the effect of credit, insurance, and poverty (defined as more than just low income). It also explains bonded child labour, a modern form of slavery closely associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763893