Se utiliza la Encuesta Nacional de Niveles de Vida (ENNIV) de varios años para medir la magnitud y complejidad del trabajo infantil a escala nacional.

A model is provided for the optimal allocation by parents of a child’s time between schooling and labor given access to publicly funded schooling programs. If the budget of the Government is constrained, and if policy makers cannot differentiate program benefits among the poor, they will fund...

En este artículo se examinan los determinantes del uso del tiempo de los menores con especial referencia a los que tienen que ver con choques (idiosincrásicos o globales) adversos al bienestar de los hogares. Muchos de los hogares que ven resentidos sus ingresos por algún motivo apelan a la...

Traditionally we have studied the problem of child labor as the counterpart of school attendance. However, most studies have ignored the potential importance of household work performed by children at home. Given that children from certain age may perform these activities, and because child...

This study uses a nationally representative survey to analyze a key survey design decision in child labor measurement: self-reporting versus proxy interviewing. The child/proxy disagreement affects 20 percent of the sample, which translates into a 17.1 percentage point difference in the national...

We estimate Frisch elasticity in a labor market with high job turnover. In a context where only around 18% of the employed labor force has formal and stable jobs, we perform a fixed effects estimation as proposed by MaCurdy (1981) with a Heckman correction for selection into unemployment. We...