The Impact of PROGRESA on Child Labor and Schooling

Emmanuel Skoufias and Susan Parker ()

Chapter 10 in Child Labor and Education in Latin America, 2009, pp 167-185 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Over the past few years within Latin America, a number of new antipov-erty programs have been introduced specifically to increase investment in human capital. Their success is measured in particular by education, but also by health and nutrition. In general, these programs represent a significant departure from previous antipoverty policies within the region, for they are based on the premise that a fundamental cause of poverty and of its intergenerational transmission is the lack of investment in human development. A distinguishing characteristic of these programs is the provision of cash transfers on the condition that poor families take their children out of work and send them to school.

Keywords: Child Labor; School Attendance; School Enrollment; Domestic Work; Cash Transfer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230620100_11

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