Resumen del libro
This book aims to provide answers to the following questions: (i) Why do parents allow their children to work instead of attending school and (ii) how can we explain the schooling and its relationship with a country’s economic development? For this purpose, this book deals with different perspectives of schooling, child labor and academic performance related with economic growth, globalization, public spending, poverty, official aid, crime and cash transfer programs.
Introduction
Chapter 1. Economic Growth and School Attainment
Chapter 2. Child Labor and Globalization
Chapter 3. Public Spending, Education and Poverty
Chapter 4. Education, Poverty and Child Labor
Chapter 5. Official AID and Schooling
Chapter 6. Schooling and Crime
Chapter 7. Primary school internal efficiency and effectiveness: the cases of low income countries
Chapter 8. Public Spending in Education: Technical Efficiency in Bangladesh schools