Estudio transversal de los determinantes del trabajo infantil en Cartagena, año 2007

Child labor is a complex issue with crucial consequences in human capital reserve, children´s healthand persistence of poverty. The main aim of this article is to elucidate its determinants in Cartagena through the estimationof a bivariate probit model, which allows analyzing joint decision of schoo...

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Main Authors: Martha Yánez, Raúl Quejada, Karina Acevedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Manizales 2011-10-01
Series:Revista Latinoamericana en Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud
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Online Access:http://revistaumanizales.cinde.org.co/index.php/Revista-Latinoamericana/article/view/461/253
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Summary:Child labor is a complex issue with crucial consequences in human capital reserve, children´s healthand persistence of poverty. The main aim of this article is to elucidate its determinants in Cartagena through the estimationof a bivariate probit model, which allows analyzing joint decision of schooling attendance and child labor. The findingsshow that schooling attendance and child labor are exclusives, being the most important determinants the education of thehead of household and poverty. Among other determinants they were found credit restrictions, proximity to schools and theoccupancy rate of the adults.
ISSN:1692-715X