Description
Book SynopsisContains fresh knowledge to help understand the relationship between child labor and the transition between school and work. This title includes papers that offer insights and answers to issues such as: how to measure child labor; how child labor and schooling affect health; and, how children's time is allocated along gender lines.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Preface. Selection into worst forms of child labor. Household poverty and child labor decisions in Malawi. How much work is too much? Effects of child work hours on schooling – the case of Egypt. Lifetime health consequences of child labor in Brazil. Measuring child labor: comparisons between hours data and subjective measures. Allocation of children's time along gender lines: Work, school, and domestic work in Brazil. The impact of conditional cash transfer programs on household work decisions in Brazil. Intra-household time allocation in rural Mexico: Evidence from a randomized experiment. Leveling the intra-household playing field: compensation and specialization in child labor allocation. Adult returns to schooling and children's school enrollment: theory and evidence from South Africa. Local labor demand and child work. Research in Labor Economics. Child Labor and the Transition between School and Work. Copyright page.
