TY - JOUR
T1 - Reducing child labour in Panama
T2 - An impact evaluation
AU - Andisha, Nasir
AU - Chiquito-Saban, Oscar
AU - Emmerich, Eduardo
AU - Figueroa, Aurelia
AU - Jiang, Yuewen
AU - Hui Lee, Jun
AU - Manning, Darren
AU - Ortega-Sanchez, Alejandra
AU - Gawande, Kishore
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - This article examines the impact of two specifically designed educational programmes aimed at reducing child labour among the indigenous population in Panama: a tutoring course (CEC) and an accelerated primary school/course (EPA). Based on a sample of 427 children belonging to 185 households, and using a post-intervention treatment and comparison group design, we find that the CEC programme decreased the probability of working (child labour) by 10.7 per cent and increased the probability of participating in an extracurricular activity by 23.5 per cent. Thus, the programme limited the possibility of CEC participants becoming involved in agricultural-related or other forms of child labour. Because results from the EPA programme are statistically insignificant, we are uncertain about the direct impact of EPAs on the overall goal of child labour reduction.
AB - This article examines the impact of two specifically designed educational programmes aimed at reducing child labour among the indigenous population in Panama: a tutoring course (CEC) and an accelerated primary school/course (EPA). Based on a sample of 427 children belonging to 185 households, and using a post-intervention treatment and comparison group design, we find that the CEC programme decreased the probability of working (child labour) by 10.7 per cent and increased the probability of participating in an extracurricular activity by 23.5 per cent. Thus, the programme limited the possibility of CEC participants becoming involved in agricultural-related or other forms of child labour. Because results from the EPA programme are statistically insignificant, we are uncertain about the direct impact of EPAs on the overall goal of child labour reduction.
KW - accelerated primary school
KW - child labour
KW - impact evaluation
KW - tutoring course
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84900003462&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19439342.2014.908936
DO - 10.1080/19439342.2014.908936
M3 - Article
SN - 1943-9342
VL - 6
SP - 128
EP - 146
JO - Journal of Development Effectiveness
JF - Journal of Development Effectiveness
IS - 2
ER -