Child labor versus educational attainment: some evidence from Latin America |
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Authors: | Psacharopoulos G |
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Institution: | (1) The World Bank, Washington, DC 20433, USA (e-mail: gpsach@worldbank.org, Fax: +(202) 522-3046), US |
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Abstract: | The paper addresses the issue of child labor in relation to the educational attainment of working children. The empirical
analysis is based on household surveys in Bolivia and Venezuela. It was found that labor force participation is non-trivial
among those below the legal working age or supposed to be in school. Working children contribute significantly to total household
income. The fact that a child is working reduces his or her educational attainment by about 2 years of schooling relative
to the control group of non-working children. Grade repetition, a common phenomenon in Latin America, is closely associated
with child labor.
JEL classification: J13, J21, I21
Received May 2, 1996/Accepted August 14, 1996 |
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Keywords: | : Child labor educational attainment Bolivia Venezuela |
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