Child labour, school attendance and academic performance: a review

Peter Orazem and Victoria. Gunnarsson

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Explores methods for estimating the impact of child labour on student learning. Considers various measures of child labour and school performance and examines issues in sample design. Demonstrates the type of results that can be obtained with two multi-country data sets and makes suggestions for future research.

Keywords: child labour; schooling.; attendance; learning; measurement.; human capital; attainment appraisal; data collecting; statistical method; sample; travail des enfants; scolarité; présence; acquisition de connaissances; mesure; capital humain; évaluation du niveau de formation; collecte des données; méthode statistique; échantillon; trabajo infantil; escolaridad; asistencia; adquisición de conocimientos; medición; capital humano; evaluación del nivel de formación; recopilación de datos; método estadístico; muestra (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 p. ; pages
Date: 2003
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