Child labor and the transition between school and work

More than 190 million children under 15 are working in the world today. Academic and policy research on child labor and related questions about how children spend their time in low income countries has boomed in recent years. This volume contains fresh knowledge to help better understand the relatio...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Akee, Randall K. Q. (Randall Kekoa Quinones), Edmonds, Eric V., 1971-, Tatsiramos, Konstantinos
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2010.
Έκδοση:1st ed.
Σειρά:Research in labor economics ; v. 31.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Selection into worst forms of child labor / Eric V. Edmonds
  • Household poverty and child labor decisions in Malawi / Levison S. Chiwaula
  • How much work is too much? : effects of child work hours on schooling--the case of Egypt / Ragui Assaad, Deborah Levison and Hai-Anh Dang
  • Lifetime health consequences of child labor in Brazil / Chanyoung Lee and Peter F. Orazem
  • Measuring child labor : comparisons between hours data and subjective measures / Andrew Dillon
  • Allocation of children's time along gender lines : work, school, and domestic work in Brazil / Diana I. Kruger, Matias Berthelon and Rodrigo R. Soares
  • The impact of conditional cash transfer programs on household work decisions in Brazil / Andrea R. Ferro, Ana Lúcia Kassouf and Deborah Levison
  • Intra-household time allocation in rural Mexico : evidence from a randomized experiment / Marta Rubio-Codina
  • Leveling the intra-household playing field : compensation and specialization in child labor allocation / Ximena V. Del Carpio and Karen Macours
  • Adult returns to schooling and children's school enrollment : theory and evidence from South Africa / Sarah Donovan and Kenneth A. Swinnerton
  • Local labor demand and child work / Marco Manacorda and Furio Camillo Rosati.