Could a partial subsidy for child education increase children's participation in paid work? In contrast to much of the theoretical and empirical child labor literature, this paper shows that child work and school participation can be complements under certain conditions. Using data from the randomized evaluation of a conditional cash transfer program in the Philippines, the analysis finds that some children, who were in neither school nor work before...
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2017/09/06
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS8182
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2017/09/06
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Child schooling and child work in the presence of a partial education subsidy
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child labor