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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
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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