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The Impact of Child Labor on Schooling Outcomes in Nicaragua
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Zabaleta, Mariela Buonomo – Economics of Education Review, 2011
Child labor is considered a key obstacle to reaching the international commitments of Education For All. However, the empirical evidence on the effects of child labor on educational attainments is mostly limited to static measurements. This paper assesses the consequences of child labor on schooling outcomes over time by employing a three-year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Labor, Outcomes of Education, Longitudinal Studies
Schoolhouse in the Field: How Agrarian Cultural Values Shaped Texas Schools for Mexican Children, 1910-1930.
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Black, Mary S. – Interchange, 1997
Argues that the primary reason for Mexican American students' low academic achievement was the agrarian belief system, shared by both Mexicans and Whites, that valued children's labor in the fields more than in the school house. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Child Labor, Cultural Influences, Educational History
Children's Work Under Market Conditions. (Findings of a Sociological Survey).
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Ivashchenko, G. M.; Plotkin, M. M.; Shirinskii, V. I. – Russian Education and Society, 1997
Reports on the results of a survey of more than 1200 Russian adolescents concerning the conflict between work and education commitments. Reveals that almost one in four students work parttime, mainly in unskilled jobs, to purchase fashionable goods. Discusses implications and possible responses to this situation. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Capitalism, Child Labor, Child Welfare