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
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/12/2104787/school-attendance-child-labor-ecuador http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19192

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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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School Attendance and Child Labor in Ecuador

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