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NYTimes.com: Game With No Winner
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. OPINION | February 27, 2007 Editorial: Game With No Winner "Catch the Illegal Immigrant," a game being played on college campuses from Michigan to Florida, is almost enough to make us nostalgic for streaking and sitting on flagpoles. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/opinion/27tue2.html?ex=1173243600&en=9933… ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Labor Shortage Pushes Mining Companies to Recruit and Pay More
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. BUSINESS | February 27, 2007 Labor Shortage Pushes Mining Companies to Recruit and Pay More By WAYNE ARNOLD and HEATHER TIMMONS Prices for raw materials had languished for years, but the sector is now trying to meet global demand for iron, copper and other key commodities. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/business/27miner.html?ex=1173243600&en=05… ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Demand for English Lessons Outstrips Supply
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. EDUCATION | February 27, 2007 Demand for English Lessons Outstrips Supply By FERNANDA SANTOS Immigrants are waiting for months or even years to get into government-financed English classes. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/education/27esl.html?ex=1173243600&en=af4… ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

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[IWS] NBER: CHILD LABOR [February 2007]]
by Eugene McElroy 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

IWS Documented News Service _______________________________ Institute for Workplace Studies-----------------Professor Samuel B. Bacharach School of Industrial & Labor Relations--------Director, Institute for Workplace Studies Cornell University 16 East 34th Street, 4th floor----------------------Stuart Basefsky New York, NY 10016-------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau ________________________________________________________________________ Child Labor http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12926.pdf [full-text, 102 pages] Eric V. Edmonds NBER Working Paper No. 12926 Issued in February 2007 ---- Abstract ----- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12926 In recent years, there has been an astonishing proliferation of empirical work on child labor. An Econlit search of keywords "child lab*r" reveals a total of 6 peer reviewed journal articles between 1980 and 1990, 65 between 1990 and 2000, and 143 in the first five years of the present decade. The purpose of this essay is to provide a detailed overview of the state of the recent empirical literature on why and how children work as well as the consequences of that work. Section 1 defines terms commonly used in the study of child time allocation and provides a descriptive overview of how children spend their time in low income countries today. Section 2 reviews the case for attention to the most common types of work in which children participate, focusing on that work's impact on schooling, health, as well as externalities associated with that work. Section 3 considers the literature on the determinants of child time allocation such as the influence of local labor markets, family interactions, the net return to schooling, and poverty. Section 5 discusses the limited evidence on different policy options aimed at influencing child labor. Section 6 concludes by emphasizing important research questions requiring additional research such as child and parental agency, the effectiveness of child labor policies, and the determinants of participation in the "worst forms" of child labor. Table of Contents 1. Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 2 2. What is Child Labor? ............................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Terminology........................................................................................................................ 7 Market and domestic work...................................................................................................... 7 Child labor .............................................................................................................................. 8 Worst and hazardous forms of child labor ............................................................................. 9 2.2 Sources of Data.................................................................................................................. 10 Available data ....................................................................................................................... 10 Limitations of household surveys and missing children ....................................................... 11 Idle children .......................................................................................................................... 13 2.3 Background on the Activities of Working Children...................................................... 14 Types of activities.................................................................................................................. 14 Occupation and industry of economically active children.................................................... 16 Gender differences ................................................................................................................ 17 Urban rural differences ..................................................................................................... 18 Age patterns .......................................................................................................................... 19 Worst forms of child labor .................................................................................................... 20 Are worst forms different? .................................................................................................... 22 3. The Case for Attention to Working Children ...................................................................... 22 3.1 Child Labor in International Policy................................................................................ 22 3.2 Work and Schooling ......................................................................................................... 23 Is schooling attendance lower for working children? .......................................................... 23 Is schooling achievement and attainment lower for working children?............................... 25 Is there a causal relationship between work and schooling achievement and attainment?. 26 Do changes in the price of schooling affect child labor supply?.......................................... 27 Modeling the joint determination of schooling and other time allocation decisions............ 28 Are there future consequences of working?.......................................................................... 29 3.3 Work and Health............................................................................................................... 30 Is the health status of working children worse? ................................................................... 30 Does child labor affect future adult health? ......................................................................... 31 3.4 Child Labor Externalities and General Equilibrium Considerations ......................... 32 Do working children support their siblings? ........................................................................ 32 Does child labor perpetuate across generations? ................................................................ 33 Does child labor promote high fertility? .............................................................................. 34 Does child labor affect local labor markets? ....................................................................... 35 4. Determinants of Child Time Allocation............................................................................... 37 4.1 Local Labor Markets and Child Labor .......................................................................... 38 Production technology .......................................................................................................... 38 Trade .................................................................................................................................... 40 2 4.2 Child Labor and the Family............................................................................................. 42 Who makes child labor decisions?........................................................................................ 42 Parental attitudes towards work and schooling ................................................................... 44 Child and Adult labor supply interactions............................................................................ 46 Does parental co-residence influence child labor? .............................................................. 48 How does sibling composition affect child labor?................................................................ 49 4.3 Child Labor and the (Net) Return to Schooling............................................................. 52 Credit constraints and child labor........................................................................................ 52 Does child labor respond to the return to schooling? .......................................................... 54 School costs and child labor ................................................................................................. 56 4.4 Child labor and Poverty ................................................................................................... 56 The link between child labor and living standards............................................................... 56 The empirical evidence ......................................................................................................... 57 Can the effect of rising incomes differ from that of declining poverty? ............................... 60 Economic shocks, credit constraints, poverty, and child labor ............................................ 61 5. Policy ...................................................................................................................................... 63 5.1 Child Labor Specific Programs ....................................................................................... 63 5.2 Restrictions and Prohibitions on Employment .............................................................. 65 5.3 Trade Sanctions and Labor Standards........................................................................... 67 5.4 Conditional Cash Transfers............................................................................................. 68 6. Conclusion ............................................................................................................................... 69 Works Cited................................................................................................................................ 71 ______________________________ -- Eugene McElroy Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations Library 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 tel: 732-932-9513 ******** Desconfiem e se afastem dos individuos que adulam os poderosos e pisoteiam os desprotegidos. São de ruim caráter, falsos e mesquinhos, faltos de grandeza. Jorge Amado

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Cash going to Mexico likely to start at a bank
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

This story was sent to you by: eugene mcelroy -------------------- Cash going to Mexico likely to start at a bank -------------------- Most of the Mexicans who send funds home have financial accounts here, a survey finds. By Marla Dickerson Times Staff Writer February 14 2007 MEXICO CITY — Mexicans who work in the United States and send money south of the border are moving into the financial mainstream, according to a new survey. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-remit14feb14,0,4591301… Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com

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Immigrants who wire money get help from the Fed
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

This story was sent to you by: eugene mcelroy -------------------- Immigrants who wire money get help from the Fed -------------------- Directo a Mexico lets customers without Social Security numbers wire money at little cost. By Molly Hennessy-Fiske Times Staff Writer February 26 2007 WASHINGTON — Even as the federal government is starting to crack down on companies that hire illegal immigrants, it's been helping those same workers send money home, cheap. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-remit26feb26,0,6622923… Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com

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NYTimes.com: The $145 Billion Question
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. OPINION | February 26, 2007 Editorial: The $145 Billion Question New York's workers and retirees are suddenly depending on a novice to manage an investment pool far larger than those supervised by Wall Street's top money managers. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/opinion/26mon2.html?ex=1173157200&en=e0f6… ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Unions Ratify Deal With Pittsburgh Paper
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. BUSINESS | February 24, 2007 Unions Ratify Deal With Pittsburgh Paper By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The last of the 14 bargaining units at the financially ailing Pittsburgh Post-Gazette voted Saturday to ratify a new contract that includes staff reductions, net pay cuts and changes in health care benefits. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Post-Gazette-Labor.html?ex=1173… ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Labor Seeks Boost From Pro-Union Measure
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. NATIONAL | February 23, 2007 Labor Seeks Boost From Pro-Union Measure By STEVEN GREENHOUSE Some labor experts say the union movement's ability to reverse its slide could in fact hinge on its winning passage of a bill that would make it easier for workers to join unions. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/23/us/23labor.html?ex=1172984400&en=e32766f1… ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Labor Sees Bush Trade Talks with Congress Failing
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. WASHINGTON | February 23, 2007 Labor Sees Bush Trade Talks with Congress Failing By REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration is unlikely to reach a deal with the Democratic-led Congress to salvage free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and Peru, critics of White House trade policy said on Friday. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-usa-trade-labor.html?ex=… ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

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