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Acumulación de capital trabajo infantil y educación obligatoria

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  • López-Calva, Luis F.

    (El Colegio de México y Universidad de las Américas-Puebla)

  • Rivas, Luis A.

    (Universidad de Vanderbilt y Banco Central de Nicaragua)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the effect of compulsory schooling on the incidence of child labor, within a dynamic, overlapping-generations, general equilibrium setting. Parents in this model are altruistic. Both human and physical capital is accumulated and parents care about their own consumption and the human capital they bequeath to their children. It is suggested that, under a certain class of parametric conditions, household welfare would be higher if compulsory schooling laws were eliminated and children could work more hours. The reason for this is that the restriction on household income reduces the accumulation of physical capital without compensating the family with a high enough accumulation of human capital, preventing the economy from reaching the threshold beyond which child labor is eliminated endogenously.// Este ensayo analiza el efecto de la educación obligatoria en la incidencia del trabajo infantil en un contexto de equilibrio general dinámico con generaciones sobrepuestas. Los padres son altruistas en este modelo. El capital físico y humano se acumula y los padres se preocupan por su propio consumo y por el capital humano que legan a sus hijos. Se sugiere que, en ciertas condiciones paramétricas, el bienestar familiar sería mayor si se eliminaran las leyes de educación obligatoria y los niños pudieran trabajar más horas. La razón de esto es que la restricción impuesta al ingreso familiar con una acumulación de capital humano suficiente, lo que impide a la economía alcanzar el umbral más allá del cual se elimina endógenamente al trabajo infantil.

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  • López-Calva, Luis F. & Rivas, Luis A., 2002. "Acumulación de capital trabajo infantil y educación obligatoria," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(273), pages 3-36, enero-mar.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:69:y:2002:i:273:p:3-36
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