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Laborda Castillo, Leopoldo; Sotelsek Salem, Daniel; Sarr, Leopold Remi – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
In this article, the authors analyze the effect of poverty, social exclusion, and child labor on out-of-school rates for female children. This empirical study is based on a dynamic panel model for a sample of 216 countries over the period 1970 to 2010. Results based on the generalized method of moments (GMM) of Arellano and Bond (1991) and the…
Descriptors: Poverty, Social Isolation, Child Labor, Females
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Bonnet, Michel – International Labour Review, 1993
The question of child labor in Africa is complicated by the failures of the educational system, family relations, traditional forms of apprenticeship, proliferation of the informal economic sector, and continuing existence of a rural economy. Hazardous working conditions prevail. (SK)
Descriptors: Child Labor, Children, Foreign Countries, Labor Legislation
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Ndiaye, Serigne; Sofranko, Andrew J. – Rural Sociology, 1988
Explores relationship between farm technology and labor availability in Africa. Studies introduction of high-yielding maize variety in Zambia and resulting effects on labor availability/mobilization. Shows shift to hybrids requires additional labor, including available children. Illustrates need for adoption research taking broader farming…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture, Child Labor, Developing Nations