Sweet hazards - Child labor on sugarcane plantations in the PhilippinesSweet hazards: child labour on sugar cane plantations in the Philippines - Eldisde Boer, Jennifer
A Nexus of Education and Child Labor: Barefoot Teachers in the Brickfield Schools of India Grass roots initiatives like the brickfield schools and the Barefoot Teacher Training program described in this article, led by non-governmental organizations in eastern India, highlight the slow but steady ...
Cohabiting women have a somewhat closer attachment to the labor market (on the extensive margin) but work less hours per week than married mothers (intensive margin). Cohabiters appear to earn less and have lower education. That said, both family types have around the same number of children ...
Care crisis in the Philippines: children and transnational families in the new global economy. In: Ehrenreich B, Hoschild AR, eds. Global woman: nannies, maids, and sex workers in the new economy. New York, NY: Metropolitan Books; 2003. 13. Pyle J. Globalization and the increase in ...
Nutribuns were developed by USAID with a recipe designed around a ‘base’ product that could be modified using any number of locally available substances and were first used in the Philippines in 1970 following a series of typhoons (USAID,1972). This flexibility was central to what Scott-Smith...
Michael is a past president of the Professional Photographers of America, and has given over 400 seminars including 30 international speaking engagements in Japan, Philippines, Korea, England, Canada, Mexico and Italy. His distinguished portfolio includes portraiture of Gerald Ford, Marlo Thomas, Carol...
The Norris La Guardia Act was passed in 1932 to protect organized labor and unions. Labor unions were restrained by legal and judicial barriers from certain activities and could be taken to court for striking, boycotting, picketing, and the like. The act also kept employers from forcing employ...
which amounts to half of what was observed at the turn of the century. School attendance reached 100% as of the beginning of 2000, and women’s participation in politics and in the labor force at that time has shown great advances compared to the previous decade. With regard to health in...
ERADICATION OF CHILD LABOR IN THE PHILIPPINES: SHIFTING THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF CHILD LABOR LAW VIOLATIONS FROM PARENTS TO EMPLOYERSDaheuin JuGeorge Washington International Law Review
2016. "Effects of Parental Absence on Child Labor and School Attendance in the Philippines." Review of Economics of the Household 14 (1): 103-30.Portner CC 2016. Effects of parental absence on child labor and school attendance in the Philippines. Rev Econ Household, 14: 103-130....