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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...

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Can Microinsurance Help Prevent Child Labor? An Impact Evaluation from Pakistan

Landmann, Andreas - 2014

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...

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The Supply of Child Labour

Cigno, Alessandro - 2021

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...

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Export Structure, FDI and Child Labour

Busse, Matthias; Braun, Sebastian - 2003

The paper addresses the linkage between certain aspects of the increasing economic integration of world markets and the level of child labour. We empirically examine, first, the often-cited conventional wisdom that multinational enterprises invest in countries where the extent of child labour is...

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Child Labour in South Asia

Edmonds, Eric - 2003

The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 19% of children aged 5-14 in Asia and the Pacific are economically active (ILO, 2002). These 127.3 million children constitute 60% of all child labourers worldwide. The aim of this study is to better understand child labour in South Asia...

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Child Labour in Africa

Bhalotra, Sonia - 2003

This paper presents an overview of child labour in Africa. It discusses the incidence and nature of child labour, possible causes, and actual and potential policy instruments. It answers some questions and raises others. Africa has the highest incidence of child labour in the world. While child...

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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

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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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Measurement error in occupational coding:an analysis on SHARE data

Belloni, Michele; Brugiavini, Agar; Maschi, Elena; … - Dipartimento di Economia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia - 2014

classified, or education and gender may affect the way people describe their jobs. …

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An empirical approach about some important features of child labor in Turkey

Acaroglu, Hakan - In: Business and Economic Horizons (BEH) 3 (2010) 3, pp. 135-146

The study examines effects of some factors on the child labor force in Turkey such as the level of education of …. The education level of decision-makers of household in rural areas is lower than that of in urban regions and accordingly … lower the level of education of household heads is, the higher the child labor becomes. That is, when the education level of …

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