The effect of child work on school enrollment in Egypt
Joint Authors
Assaad, Raji
Levison, Deborah
Zibani, Nadiyah
Source
Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series
Issue
Vol. 2001, Issue 101-140 (31 Dec. 2001)47 p.
Publisher
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries Iran and Turkey
Publication Date
2001-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
47
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
The main objective of this paper is to determine the causal relationship between child work and school enrollment in Egypt while taking into account the simultaneous nature of family (or child) decisions regarding school and work activities.
We also assess how a broader definition of work, including domestic work, affects conclusions about the impact of work on schooling for girls.
Finally, we examine how children’s vulnerability to work and lack of schooling relates to characteristics of their parents and households.
We show that child work does not reduce the probability of schooling for boys, but that it does for girls, using either a traditional or broader definition of work.
Although policy measures that succeeded in reducing girls’ work would increase enrollment, it is hard to formulate such measures since most girls work within the confines of their own homes.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Assaad, Raji& Levison, Deborah& Zibani, Nadiyah. 2001. The effect of child work on school enrollment in Egypt. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series،Vol. 2001, no. 101-140.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Assaad, Raji…[et al.]. The effect of child work on school enrollment in Egypt. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series No. 101-140 (Dec. 2001).
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Assaad, Raji& Levison, Deborah& Zibani, Nadiyah. The effect of child work on school enrollment in Egypt. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. 2001. Vol. 2001, no. 101-140.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Record ID
BIM-151781