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Education and Child Labor: Experimental Evidence from a Nicaraguan Conditional Cash Transfer Program

In: Child Labor and Education in Latin America

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  • John A. Maluccio

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Education levels in Nicaragua are dismal. One-third of adults over the age of 25 have no formal education and another one-third have never completed primary school. Although increasing school coverage and stable political conditions in the 1990s spurred improvements, the net primary enrollment ratio, at 78%, remained one of the lowest in Latin America in the late 1990s (World Bank, 2001a, Annex 16). Unsurprisingly, these poor educational outcomes were accompanied by a high incidence of child labor, particularly among boys. In 1998, 27% of boys aged 10 to 14 in rural areas were working an average of thirty hours a week (World Bank, 2001a, Annex 25). These initial conditions and continued poor outcomes, despite improvements in school supply, are primary concerns for the economic development of Nicaragua and have led the government to consider different approaches, including interventions with demand-side components.

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  • John A. Maluccio, 2009. "Education and Child Labor: Experimental Evidence from a Nicaraguan Conditional Cash Transfer Program," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Peter F. Orazem & Guilherme Sedlacek & Zafiris Tzannatos (ed.), Child Labor and Education in Latin America, chapter 11, pages 187-204, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-62010-0_12
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230620100_12
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    Cited by:

    1. Putnick, Diane L. & Bornstein, Marc H., 2015. "Is child labor a barrier to school enrollment in low- and middle-income countries?," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 112-120.
    2. Indunil De Silva & Sudarno Sumarto, 2015. "How do Educational Transfers Affect Child Labour Supply and Expenditures? Evidence from Indonesia of Impact and Flypaper Effects," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(4), pages 483-507, December.
    3. Sumarto, Sudarno & de Silva, Indunil, 2013. "Education Transfers, expenditures and child labour supply in Indonesia: An evaluationof impacts and flypaper effects," MPRA Paper 57132, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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