Essays about: "child labour"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 89 essays containing the words child labour.

  1. 36. A Matter of Gendered Investment: Impacts of Internal Migration on Child Education in Indonesia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Paul Philipp Lambert Berbée; [2017]
    Keywords : Internal migration; Parental absence; Human capital investment; Gender; Intra-household bargaining; Social Mobility; Migrant Selectivity; Fixed effects; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study evaluates investments in education and schooling outcomes of children in households that engage in internal migration. Using panel data from Indonesia, community and household fixed effects are employed to account for unobserved heterogeneity and self-selection of migrants. READ MORE

  3. 37. Determinants of under-5 mortality in Uganda: an econometric analysis

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Johanna Stenström Johansson; [2016-08-25]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Infant and child mortality rates are among the most important indicators of child health, nutrition, implementation of key survival interventions, and the overall social and economic development of a population. Economics include the study of child health and mortality for various more or less direct reasons: The health and productivity of adults is influenced by their health as children, and there may be an associated effect on the development of countries and economic growth. READ MORE

  4. 38. Can Gender Make a Difference? : A Minor Field Study on the Street-Connected Children in The Gambia.

    University essay from Växjö universitet/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

    Author : To Ly Pham; Ina Byström; [2016]
    Keywords : street-connected children; street-connected boys; street-connected girls; gender; livelihoods; Martha Nussbaum; Capability Theory of Justice; Ten Central Human Capabilities; The Gambia.;

    Abstract : Many studies have been carried out throughout the world on how street-connected children relate to the streets, but not enough of these studies are seen through a gender perspective. Hence, the general conception of street-connected children is in some manner still mainstreamed, which casts an image claiming all children in the same category. READ MORE

  5. 39. The Impact of Pre-Primary Enrolment on Maternal Labour Supply in South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Wallström; [2016]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : I provide evidence on the impact of pre-primary school expansion on maternal labour supply in the context of South Africa. I draw on administrative data from the South African National Census in 2001 and 2011, and a Community Survey in 2007, to extract household information. READ MORE

  6. 40. Parenting and Work. A comparative study between Sweden and Macedonia.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Katerina Mirkoska; [2016]
    Keywords : Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The existing parenting protection legislation affects the labour market by setting standards for working parents. This to make sure they have the right to leave in order to take care of their children. READ MORE