Child Labor, School Attendance, and Indigenous Households: Evidence from Mexico

The authors use panel data for Mexico for 1997 to 1999 to test several assumptions regarding the impact of a conditional cash transfer program on child labor, emphasizing the differential impact on indigenous households. Using data from the conditional cash transfer program in Mexico PROGRESA (OPORT...

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Main Authors:	Bando, Rosangela G., Lopez-Calva, Luis F., Patrinos, Harry Anthony
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADULTS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOR FORCE CHILDHOOD COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC VALUE EDUCATION EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPLOITATION FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FORMAL EDUCATION GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GIRLS HEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INDIGENOUS CHILDREN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INSURANCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LEGISLATION LEISURE MANAGERS MOTHERS PARENTS POPULATION GROWTH PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MAXIMIZING RETIREMENT SIBLINGS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE THEORETICAL MODELS UNEMPLOYMENT WAGE INCREASES WAGES WORKING CHILDREN WORKING CONDITIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5613528/child-labor-school-attendance-indigenous-households-evidence-mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8921

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spelling	okr-10986-89212021-04-23T14:02:42Z Child Labor, School Attendance, and Indigenous Households: Evidence from Mexico Bando, Rosangela G. Lopez-Calva, Luis F. Patrinos, Harry Anthony ADULTS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOR FORCE CHILDHOOD COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC VALUE EDUCATION EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPLOITATION FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FORMAL EDUCATION GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GIRLS HEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INDIGENOUS CHILDREN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INSURANCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LEGISLATION LEISURE MANAGERS MOTHERS PARENTS POPULATION GROWTH PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MAXIMIZING RETIREMENT SIBLINGS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE THEORETICAL MODELS UNEMPLOYMENT WAGE INCREASES WAGES WORKING CHILDREN WORKING CONDITIONS The authors use panel data for Mexico for 1997 to 1999 to test several assumptions regarding the impact of a conditional cash transfer program on child labor, emphasizing the differential impact on indigenous households. Using data from the conditional cash transfer program in Mexico PROGRESA (OPORTUNIDADES) they investigate the interaction between child labor and indigenous households. While indigenous children had a greater probability of working in 1997, this probability is reversed after treatment in the program. Indigenous children also had lower school attainment compared with Spanish-speaking or bilingual children. After the program, school attainment among indigenous children increased, reducing the gap. 2012-06-25T15:06:28Z 2012-06-25T15:06:28Z 2005-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5613528/child-labor-school-attendance-indigenous-households-evidence-mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8921 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3487 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
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topic	ADULTS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOR FORCE CHILDHOOD COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC VALUE EDUCATION EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPLOITATION FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FORMAL EDUCATION GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GIRLS HEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INDIGENOUS CHILDREN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INSURANCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LEGISLATION LEISURE MANAGERS MOTHERS PARENTS POPULATION GROWTH PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MAXIMIZING RETIREMENT SIBLINGS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE THEORETICAL MODELS UNEMPLOYMENT WAGE INCREASES WAGES WORKING CHILDREN WORKING CONDITIONS
spellingShingle	ADULTS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOR FORCE CHILDHOOD COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC VALUE EDUCATION EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPLOITATION FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FORMAL EDUCATION GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GIRLS HEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INDIGENOUS CHILDREN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INSURANCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LEGISLATION LEISURE MANAGERS MOTHERS PARENTS POPULATION GROWTH PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MAXIMIZING RETIREMENT SIBLINGS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE THEORETICAL MODELS UNEMPLOYMENT WAGE INCREASES WAGES WORKING CHILDREN WORKING CONDITIONS Bando, Rosangela G. Lopez-Calva, Luis F. Patrinos, Harry Anthony Child Labor, School Attendance, and Indigenous Households: Evidence from Mexico
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description	The authors use panel data for Mexico for 1997 to 1999 to test several assumptions regarding the impact of a conditional cash transfer program on child labor, emphasizing the differential impact on indigenous households. Using data from the conditional cash transfer program in Mexico PROGRESA (OPORTUNIDADES) they investigate the interaction between child labor and indigenous households. While indigenous children had a greater probability of working in 1997, this probability is reversed after treatment in the program. Indigenous children also had lower school attainment compared with Spanish-speaking or bilingual children. After the program, school attainment among indigenous children increased, reducing the gap.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Bando, Rosangela G. Lopez-Calva, Luis F. Patrinos, Harry Anthony
author_facet	Bando, Rosangela G. Lopez-Calva, Luis F. Patrinos, Harry Anthony
author_sort	Bando, Rosangela G.
title	Child Labor, School Attendance, and Indigenous Households: Evidence from Mexico
title_short	Child Labor, School Attendance, and Indigenous Households: Evidence from Mexico
title_full	Child Labor, School Attendance, and Indigenous Households: Evidence from Mexico
title_fullStr	Child Labor, School Attendance, and Indigenous Households: Evidence from Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Child Labor, School Attendance, and Indigenous Households: Evidence from Mexico
title_sort	child labor, school attendance, and indigenous households: evidence from mexico
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5613528/child-labor-school-attendance-indigenous-households-evidence-mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8921
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Child Labor, School Attendance, and Indigenous Households: Evidence from Mexico

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