Poverty Alleviation and Child Labor

Poverty Alleviation and Child Labor

Does child labor decrease as household income rises? This question has important implications for the design of policy on child labor. This paper focuses on a program of unconditional cash transfers in Ecuador. It argues that the effect of a small...

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Main Authors: Edmonds, Eric V., Schady, Norbert
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNT
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD EDUCATION
CHILD LABOR
CHILD LABOUR
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
EDUCATION SPENDING
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ENROLLMENT
EQUALITY
EQUILIBRIUM WAGES
FAMILIES
FAMILY LIVING
FEMALE
FORMAL LABOR MARKET
GENDER
GIRLS
GIRLS INTO SCHOOL
HOME
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
LEARNING
LEARNING MATERIALS
LIVING STANDARDS
MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA
OLDER CHILDREN
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PARTICIPATION RATES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRIMARY COMPLETION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE
PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
PRODUCTIVITY
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL TO WORK TRANSITION
SCHOOLING
WAGES
WILL
WORKING CHILDREN
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNGER CHILDREN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/08/9798706/poverty-alleviation-child-labor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6777

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/08/9798706/poverty-alleviation-child-labor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6777

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