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Mukherjee, Diganta; Das, Saswati – Social Indicators Research, 2008
This paper uses household level data from National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) of India, the 55th (1999-2000) and the 61st (2004-05) rounds, to show that even with a significant wage incentive for schooling of urban children, the school drop out rate and child labour incidence are not small over this period. The parents' level of education…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Incidence, Child Labor, Foreign Countries
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Das, Saswati; Mukherjee, Diganta – Social Indicators Research, 2007
This paper uses household level data from National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) of India, the 55th round (1999-2000), to show that for urban male children there exists significant wage incentive for schooling, though school dropout rate and child labour incidence are not so small. The parents' level of education plays an important role in…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Females, Dropout Rate, Dropouts