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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Child employment"”.
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Earning, Learning and Income: A Historical Analysis of Barriers to Accessing the 'Educatuional Ladder'
… societies such as Britain work performed by children outside school hours is invariably officially portrayed (and, indeed, widely perceived) as a harmless, and even educational activity. However, in recent years research has shown that this ‘idealistic’ conception of employment alongside …
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Schooling in Mexico: An Evaluation of Private Costs as a Determinant of Household Demand for Education, and the Benefits of a Free Textbook Program
… opportunity cost and household factors, such as child employment and parents education level, are also statistically significant determinants of enrollment. Given the significance of direct costs on enrollment decisions, I examine one of Mexico's public education programs, its National Free …
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Elementary School Attendance in Bradford 1863-1903: A Study Using School Log Books.
… acceptable level of attendance in Bradford where child employment in the flourishing textile industry had long been an inherent feature of working class life. It investigates broader issues affecting attendance in the context of prevailing social, cultural, religious, and economic factors. While …
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Defining Fatherhood for Non-Residential African American Men: A Phenomenological Approach
… groups. Approximately 73% of Black men father children prior to marriage in comparison to 56% of Hispanic men and 30% of White men. The proportion of children born outside of marriage rose from 40% to 47% between 2002 and 2006-2010 (Martinez, Daniels, & Chandra, 2012). Shifts in economic …
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Child labour in Britain 1900 - 1973
Until relatively recently, 'child labour' remained a pejorative term used primarily by historians to describe the grinding and unremitting work routines and hostile work environments to which nineteenth century children were exposed. The start of the twentieth century, though, is frequently …
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Cultural causes of the nineteenth-century fertility decline : a study of three Yorkshire towns
… Middlesbrough. Relationships between culture, employment, and fertility are examined by studying differences in local cultures and local labour markets, including female and child employment. The main argument of the thesis is for the impact of rising expectations about how a working-class …
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Invisible children: the rights of domestic child workers in South Africa
… paper focuses on the violation of the rights of children aged 16–17 who are school dropouts and employed as domestic workers in South Africa. This is a violation of their rights and occurs in their employment in domestic work, which can be considered a worst form of child labour in third party …