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Marking Time: An Analysis of Youth Hours of Work and Study in Urban Mexico
Author(s) -
Levison Deborah,
Moe Karine S.,
Knaul Felicia
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
review of development economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1467-9361
pISSN - 1363-6669
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2008.00444.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , educational attainment , sociology , demographic economics , economics , economic growth , labour economics , mechanical engineering , engineering
This paper argues that a more complex view of work and schooling is critical to poor countries as they implement policies to increase educational attainment. In this analysis of 12–17‐year‐old girls and boys in urban Mexico, we expand the traditional approach in two dimensions by (1) moving from an analysis of participation to one of hours of participation, and (2) broadening the definition of work to include youth's household responsibilities.