Are work and schooling complementary or competitive for children in rural Ethiopia?
In: Young lives working paper 77
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In: Young lives working paper 77
In: ASA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper
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In: The European journal of development research, Band 23, Heft 5, S. 774-791
ISSN: 1743-9728
In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Band 22, Heft 8, S. 1102-1114
ISSN: 1099-1328
AbstractAn abolitionist approach to children's work bans all work; a regulatory approach bans harmful work and regulates other work. I argue for a regulatory approach, using the 'least restrictive' alternative test applied in law. I contend, however, that definitions of harmful work must be appropriate to local contexts and informed by working children's views. I support this with a case study of a village in Ethiopia where the current abolitionist approach is overly restrictive. However, a regulatory approach based on international definitions of harmful work would probably not protect children in the case study village against some harmful work. Children and parents in the village are able to define harmful work more precisely than international definitions, suggesting that locally specific definitions developed with working children should form the basis of regulatory legislation. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Band 22, Heft 8
ISSN: 0954-1748
In: Oxford review of economic policy, Band 36, Heft Supplement_1, S. S281-S296
ISSN: 1460-2121
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The public health response to COVID-19 in many countries has involved strict restrictions on movement and economic activity which threaten the livelihoods of economically vulnerable households. In response, governments are adopting emergency economic measures to provide households with some safety net. We provide an overview of the policies that could form a comprehensive social protection strategy in low-income and middle-income countries, with examples of specific policies that have been adopted. Our core argument is that these countries can cast an emergency safety net with extensive coverage if they use a broader patchwork of solutions than higher-income countries. These strategies could include expanding their social insurance system, building on existing social assistance programmes, and involving local governments and non-state institutions to identify and assist vulnerable groups who are otherwise harder to reach.
In: NBER Working Paper No. w25731
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In: American economic review, Band 112, Heft 11, S. 3547-3583
ISSN: 1944-7981
We assess South African workseekers' skills and disseminate the assessment results to explore how limited information affects firm and workseeker behavior. Giving workseekers assessment results that they can credibly share with firms increases workseekers' employment and earnings and better aligns their skills, beliefs and search strategies. Giving workseekers assessment results that they cannot easily share with firms has similar effects on beliefs and search, but smaller effects on employment and earnings. Giving assessment results only to firms shifts interview decisions. These findings show that getting credible skill information to the right agents can improve outcomes in the labor market. (JEL J22, J23, J24, J31, J41, J64, O15)
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In: Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper No. 296
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 16522
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w31735
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