The authors use a unique data set on language, and mathematics test scores for third, and fourth graders in eleven different Latin American countries, to determine whether child labor raises or lowers school achievement. Their findings are amazingly consistent across countries. In every country, child labor lowers performance on tests of language and mathematics proficiency, even when controlling for school and household attributes. The magnitude...
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2005/5/01
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ورقة عمل (سلسلة مُرقمة)
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32747
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2005/6/24
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The effect of child labor on mathematics and language achievement in Latin America
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child labor