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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...

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Origins and Consequences of Child Labor Restrictions:A Macroeconomic Perspective

Doepke, Matthias; Krueger, Dirk - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

We investigate the positive and normative consequences of child-labor restrictions foreconomic aggregates and welfare. We argue that even though the laissez-faire outcome maybe inefficient, there are usually better policies to cure these inefficiencies than the impositionof a child-labor ban...

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The effect of public employment on children’s work and school attendance : evidence from a social protection program in Argentina

Juras, Randall - In: IZA journal of labor & development 3 (2014), pp. 1-20

I assess the short-term impact of a public employment program on child labor and school attendance in Argentina. Public employment increases opportunities for adults outside the household, and may correspondingly raise the returns to children's productive activities at home. The effect of public...

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The Supply of Child Labour

Cigno, Alessandro - 2021

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Schooling and child labor : evidence from Mexico's full-time school program

Kozhaya, Mireille; Martinez Flores, Fernanda - 2020

Kinderarbeit ist ein Anliegen von internationaler Bedeutung. Dieses Papier untersucht die Auswirkungen eines Programms … schulische Aktivitäten und Kinderarbeit von Kindern im Alter von sieben bis 14 Jahren. Um den Effekt zu identifizieren, nutzen … Aktivitäten vorgesehen sind. Für Kinderarbeit finden wir, dass das Programm zu einer Reduzierung von 1,6 Arbeitsstunden führt …

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Child education and work : evidence from Mexico's full-time school program

Kozhaya, Mireille; Martinez Flores, Fernanda - 2020 - This version: June 2020

This paper examines the effect of a program that extended the length of a school day to improve schooling quality in Mexico, on school enrollment, time spent on schooling activities, and child labor of children aged 7 to 14. We take advantage of the staggered implementation of the FTS program...

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Reallocating children's time : coping strategies after the 2010 Haiti earthquake

Novella, Rafael; Zanuso, Claire - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 8 (2018) 4, pp. 1-32

This paper estimates the impact of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on the household decision about children’s time allocation. Using original data and objective geological measures, we exploit the fact that the earthquake might affect the decision about children’s time through its magnitude and...

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School Attendance, Child Labor and Cash Transfers : An Impact Evaluation of Panes

Amarante, Veronica; Ferrando, Mery; Vigorito, Andrea - 2018

We use a comparative approach to study the incentives provided by different types of compensation contracts, and their valuation by risk averse managers, in a fairly general setting. We show that concave contracts tend to provide more incentives to risk averse managers, while convex contracts...

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Local Labor Demand and Child Labor

Manacorda, Marco; Rosati, Furio C. - 2014

This paper uses micro data from the Brazilian PNAD between 1981 and 2002 to ascertain the role that local labor demand – proxied by male adult employment in the area of residence - plays in shaping the work and schooling decisions of children aged 10-15. Contrary to the widespread view that...

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Trends in Children’s Employment and Child Labour in the Latin America and Caribbean Region : Regional Overview

Programme, UCW - 2011

The current report presents and overview of the child labour phenomenon in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region over recent years. It represents part of a broader effort to improve understanding of how child labour is changing over time in the region, and to ensure that policies relating...

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