Child labor, schooling, and poverty in Latin America (English)

The authors probe further into how household attributes affect the probability that children will work, and the probability of enrollment and success in school. Focusing on four household surveys in Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Peru, they find that most child labor is takes place in rural areas, and that more boys than girls are recorded as workers. Children in the poorest income groups enter school late, and often exit before completing the basic...

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Duryea, Suzanne;

Ilahi,Nadeem;

Sasaki,Masaru;

Sedlacek,Guilherme L.;
Document Date
2005/05/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
32742
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Latin America,
Disclosure Date
2005/06/24
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Child labor, schooling, and poverty in Latin America
Keywords
child labor

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Duryea, Suzanne; Ilahi,Nadeem; Sasaki,Masaru; Sedlacek,Guilherme L..

Child labor, schooling, and poverty in Latin America (English). Social Protection discussion paper series ; no. 511 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/346041468277132897

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