Impact of child labour on academic performance: Evidence from the program “Educame Primero Colombia” |

Publication information

Region

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Country

Colombia

Policy Area

Policy

Authors

D Holgado et al.

Year

2014

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Programme details

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Evaluation details

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Evaluation results

Results summary

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Form of exploitation

Child Labour

Affected group

Households

Location

Local

Result on Child labour

Labour conditions, the number of weekly hours dedicated to work, and the presence of work scheduled in the morning negatively affected the academic performance of child labourers.

Other results

The interaction between child labour and the academic performance of child and youth labourers depends on the working conditions, the intensity and devotion to labour, and the distribution and time of the activities performed play key roles. Academic performance is affected to the extent that these characteristics of child labour compete with the educational experience of the minor.

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