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The Impact of Child Labor Intensity on Mathematics and Language Skills in Latin America

In: Child Labor and Education in Latin America

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  • Mario A. Sánchez
  • Peter F. Orazem
  • Victoria Gunnarsson

Abstract

The previous chapters have shown that working as a child is associated with lower wages and higher incidence of poverty as an adult. Because wages rise with years of education, it is clear that if child labor reduces years of schooling completed, adult wages will be reduced. Numerous studies have linked child labor with lower grade attainment. However, the evidence in chapter 5 suggests that child labor lowers the rate of return per year of education, consistent with the possibility that child labor lowers the amount of human capital produced per grade completed. Although plausible, the link between child labor and student achievement in primary schools is not well understood.

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  • Mario A. Sánchez & Peter F. Orazem & Victoria Gunnarsson, 2009. "The Impact of Child Labor Intensity on Mathematics and Language Skills in Latin America," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Peter F. Orazem & Guilherme Sedlacek & Zafiris Tzannatos (ed.), Child Labor and Education in Latin America, chapter 7, pages 117-130, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-62010-0_8
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230620100_8
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    1. David POST, 2011. "Primary school student employment and academic achievement in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 150(3-4), pages 255-278, December.
    2. Mussa, Essa Chanie & Mirzabaev, Alisher & Admassie, Assefa & Nshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuel & von Braun, Joachim, 2019. "Does childhood work impede long-term human capital accumulation? Empirical evidence from rural Ethiopia," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 234-246.
    3. Delprato, Marcos & Antequera, Germán, 2021. "School efficiency in low and middle income countries: An analysis based on PISA for development learning survey," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    4. Delprato, Marcos & Akyeampong, Kwame, 2019. "The effect of working on students’ learning in Latin America: Evidence from the learning survey TERCE," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 1-1.

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