3rd IZA Workshop: Child Labor in Developing Countries

Wednesday, June 01:

08:00	-	08:30		Registration
08:30	-	09:20		Todd Pugatch (University of Michigan)
				"Bumpy Rides: School to Work Transitions in South Africa"
09:20	-	10:10		Maria Nieves Valdes (Universidad de Santiago de Chile)
				"The School Reentry Decision of Poor Girls. Structural Estimation and Policy Analysis Using PROGRESA Database."
10:10	-	10:30		Coffee Break
10:30	-	11:20		Susan Parker (CIDE, Mexico City), Luis N. Rubalcava (Spectron Desarrollo/CIDE), Graciela M. Teruel (Universidad Iberoamericana)
				"Do Conditional Cash Transfer Programs Improve Work and Earnings among its Youth Beneficiaries? Evidence after a Decade of a Mexican Cash Transfer Program"
11:20	-	12:10		Carlos Chiapa (El Colegio de México), José Luis Garrido (El Colegio de México), Silvia Prina (Case Western Reserve University)
				"The Effect of Social Programs and Exposure to Professionals on the Educational Aspirations of the Poor"
12:10	-	13:00		Lunch
13:00	-	13:50		Solomon Tesfu (Syracuse University)
				"The Effect of Early Childhood Malnutrition on Child Labor and Schooling: Theory and Evidence"
13:50	-	14:40		Achyuta Adhvaryu (Yale University), Anant Nyshadham (Yale University)
				"Schooling, Child Labor and the Returns to Healthcare in Tanzania"
14:40	-	15:00		Coffee Break
15:00	-	15:50		David Blakeslee (Columbia University), Felipe Barrera-Osorio (World Bank), Matthew Hoover (RAND), Leigh L. Linden (Columbia University), Dhushyanth Raju (World Bank)
				"Expanding Educational Opportunities in Remote Parts of the World: Evidence from a RCT of a Public-Private Partnership in Pakistan"
15:50	-	16:40		Andaleeb Alam (World Bank), Javier E. Baez (World Bank and IZA), Ximena V. Del Carpio (World Bank)
				"Do Short Term Impacts Persist Over Time? Evidence from a Female School Stipend Program in Pakistan"
16:40	-	17:30		David Atkin (Yale University)
				"Endogenous Skill Acquisition and Export Manufacturing in Mexico"