School Attendance and Child Labor in Ecuador

The author uses the Ecuador Living Standards and Measurement Surveys (LSMS 1998 and 1999) to analyze the characteristics and determinants of child labor and schooling. She shows how interventions at the level of adults affect child labor and school...

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Main Author: Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/12/2104787/school-attendance-child-labor-ecuador
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spelling okr-10986-191922021-04-23T14:03:43Z School Attendance and Child Labor in Ecuador Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys ACCOUNT ADULT EDUCATION AGE GROUP AGED ATTENDING SCHOOL BEGGING CHILD CARE CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOUR DOMESTIC WORK EMPLOYMENT GIRLS HOUSEHOLD INCOME LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LIVING STANDARDS MIGRANTS MIGRATION NEGATIVE IMPACT OLDER CHILDREN PARENTS POSITIVE IMPACT PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SECONDARY EDUCATION SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOCIAL SERVICES TEENAGERS URBAN AREAS WAGES WORKERS WORKING CHILDREN YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNGER CHILDREN SCHOOL ENROLLMENT YOUTH The author uses the Ecuador Living Standards and Measurement Surveys (LSMS 1998 and 1999) to analyze the characteristics and determinants of child labor and schooling. She shows how interventions at the level of adults affect child labor and school enrollment. For example, an employment policy encouraging employment in the formal modern sector reduces child labor and increases schooling. In rural areas, a wage policy (increase in the wage of the household head) has positive implications for the children, while it is less effective in urban areas. 2014-08-01T17:14:17Z 2014-08-01T17:14:17Z 2002-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/12/2104787/school-attendance-child-labor-ecuador http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19192 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2939 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Ecuador
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topic ACCOUNT
ADULT EDUCATION
AGE GROUP
AGED
ATTENDING SCHOOL
BEGGING
CHILD CARE
CHILD LABOR
CHILD LABOUR
DOMESTIC WORK
EMPLOYMENT
GIRLS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LIVING STANDARDS
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
NEGATIVE IMPACT
OLDER CHILDREN
PARENTS
POSITIVE IMPACT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SOCIAL SERVICES
TEENAGERS
URBAN AREAS
WAGES
WORKERS
WORKING CHILDREN
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNGER CHILDREN
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
YOUTH
spellingShingle ACCOUNT
ADULT EDUCATION
AGE GROUP
AGED
ATTENDING SCHOOL
BEGGING
CHILD CARE
CHILD LABOR
CHILD LABOUR
DOMESTIC WORK
EMPLOYMENT
GIRLS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LIVING STANDARDS
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
NEGATIVE IMPACT
OLDER CHILDREN
PARENTS
POSITIVE IMPACT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SOCIAL SERVICES
TEENAGERS
URBAN AREAS
WAGES
WORKERS
WORKING CHILDREN
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNGER CHILDREN
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
YOUTH
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
School Attendance and Child Labor in Ecuador
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Ecuador
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2939
description The author uses the Ecuador Living Standards and Measurement Surveys (LSMS 1998 and 1999) to analyze the characteristics and determinants of child labor and schooling. She shows how interventions at the level of adults affect child labor and school enrollment. For example, an employment policy encouraging employment in the formal modern sector reduces child labor and increases schooling. In rural areas, a wage policy (increase in the wage of the household head) has positive implications for the children, while it is less effective in urban areas.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
author_facet Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
author_sort Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
title School Attendance and Child Labor in Ecuador
title_short School Attendance and Child Labor in Ecuador
title_full School Attendance and Child Labor in Ecuador
title_fullStr School Attendance and Child Labor in Ecuador
title_full_unstemmed School Attendance and Child Labor in Ecuador
title_sort school attendance and child labor in ecuador
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/12/2104787/school-attendance-child-labor-ecuador
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19192
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