Seminar on child labour, education and youth employment: a challenge for growth
Madrid, 11-12 September 2008
Understanding Children’s Work Project
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
The seminar will be held on 11-12 September 2008 in Madrid, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Salón de Grados, Campus de Getafe.
Draft Agenda
11 September 2008
Opening Remarks (14:00 – 14:30)
Joan R. Roses, Universidad Carlos III
Furio C. Rosati, Understanding Children’s Work Project, University of Rome ‘Tor Vegata’
Guillermo Dema, IPEC Coordinator for Central America, Dominican Republic and Haiti
Afternoon sessionI (14:30 – 15:00)
Introduction
Alessandro Cigno,University of Florence
Afternoon session II (15:00 – 17:00)
Child labour and the worst forms of child labour
A positive stigma for children’s work
Authors:Harry Patrinos(WB)
Lifetime health consequences of child labour in Brazil
Author:Chanyoung Lee(Bank of Korea)
Measuring the worst forms: the case of begging children in Senegal
Authors:Maurizia Tovo (World Bank)
The worst forms of child labour in Latin America: educational implications
Author:Anna Ensing(IREWOC)
Coffee break (17:00 – 17:30)
Afternoon session III (17:30 – 19:00)
Education
The determinants of school attainment in Turkey and impact of extension compulsory education
Authors:Idil Goskel (Bocconi University)
Child labour and school attendance: evidence from MICS and DHS surveys
Authors:Friedrich Huebler (UNICEF)
Child labour and education in Latin America: an empirical review
Authors:Zafirs Tzannatos (World Bank)
Poverty alleviation and child time allocation
Author:Eric Edmonds (DarthmouthCollege, IZA and NBER)
12 September 2008
Morning session I (9:00 – 10:30)
The labour market: child labourers and youth employment
Child labour demand
Authors:Lorenzo Guarcello (UCW), Marco Mancorda (LSE) and Furio C. Rosati (UCW)
The effect of child labour and low education on adult’s labour market experience: the case of Guatemala
Author:Francesca Francavilla (University of Florence)
What hides behind extended youth employment duration in Bosnia and Herzegovina: evidence from individual level data
Authors:Nihan Koseleci (Université Paris I)
When manna comes from abroad. Remittances and youth labour market behavior in Albania
Author:Michela Braga (Bocconi University)
Coffee break (10:30 – 11:00)
Morning session II (11:00 – 12:30)
Children and vulnerability
The role of children in household risk management: impact on schooling and child labour
Author:Anne Kielland (FaFo)
Impact of rising food prices on vulnerability to child labour: implications and appropriate responses
Authors:Charlotte Harland (UNICEF)
Family income and child outcomes: the 1990 cocoa price shock in Cote d’Ivoire
Author:Rémi Jedwab (ParisSchool of Economics)
Child labor and schooling responses to production and health shocks in northern Mali
Author:Andrew Dillon (CornellUniversity and IFPRI)
Lunch Break (13:00 – 14:00)
Afternoon session I (14:00 – 16:30)
The impact of policies
The heterogeneous impact of conditional cash transfer programs on child labour: the case of Tekoporã in Paraguay
Authors:Guilherme Issamu Hirata(International Poverty Centre – UNDP)
Leveling the intra-household playing field: compensation and specialization in child labour allocation
Authors:Ximena del Carpio (World Bank)
Microfinance, street children and the capability approach
Authors:Baddredine Serrokh (University of Bruxelles)
Coffee Break (16:30 – 17:00)
Afternoon session II (17:00 – 19:00)
Round Table: Intervention Strategies
Panelists from the following institutions are expected to participate:
U Carlos III, Alvaro Escribano (Vicerrector de Relaciones Internacionales y Cooperación)
ILO/IPEC, Manuel Garcia (Coordinator for South America)
UCW, Furio Camillo Rosati
UNESCO, Kevin Watkins, (Director EFA Global Monitoring Report)
UNICEF, Charlotte Harland
Instituto Figuerola of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, TBC
World Bank, Harry Patrinos
World Bank, Maurizia Tovo