Child Labor and Education in Latin America An Economic Perspective [Hardcover]

This book examines the facts concerning child labour in Latin America, how it varies over time; across countries; and in comparison to other areas of the world. It aims to improve the understanding of root causes and consequences of persistent child labour and to contribute to the policy debate.Changing Patterns of Child Labor Around the World Since 1950 Child Labour, Schooling, and Poverty in Latin America The Responses of Child Labour, School Enrollment, and Grade Repetition to the Loss of Parental Earnings in Brazil, 1982-1999 Dynamics of Child Labour: Labour Force Entry and Exit in Urban Brazil How Does Working as a Child Affect Wages, Income and Poverty as an Adult? The Inter-Generational Persistence of Child Labour The Impact of Child Labour Intensity on Mathematics and Language Skills in Latin America The Impact of Cash Transfers on Child Labour and School Enrollment in Brazil Limiting Child Labour Through Behavior-Based Income Transfers: An Experimental Evaluation of the PETI Program in Rural Brazil The Impact of PROGRESA on Child Labour and Schooling Education and Child Labour: Experimental Evidence from a Nicaraguan Conditional Cash Transfer Program Policy Options to Eradicate Child Labour and Promote Education in Latin America

'This is an extremely valuable collection of papers on one of the most urgent problems of our times ? child labour. While both the phenomenon and its analysis have a long history, what makes these papers special is that, in searching for empirical regularities and policy prescriptions, they draw on contemporary economic theory and the best statistical methods. The book should be of value to all researchers and policy makers interested in child labour and human capital, not just in Latin America but anywhere in the world.' - Kaushik Basu, Chairman of the Department of Economics and C. Marks Professor, Cornell University, USA

'This book brings together some of the leading scholars in the field of child labourl*