Diana Kruger

TL;DR: In this article, the authors use variation in coffee production to measure changes in local economic conditions, which proxy for the value of children's time, and test how this variation affects child labor and schooling in Brazilian coffee regions using seven rounds of household surveys.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors use variation in coffee production to measure changes in local economic conditions, which proxy for the value of children's time, and test how this short-term variation affects child labor and schooling in Brazilian coffee regions using seven rounds of household surveys.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of a Chilean school reform that lengthened the school day from half to full-day shifts on the likelihood that adolescents engage in risky behaviors was analyzed.

TL;DR: In this article, a simple structural model of household decisions regarding child labor and schooling was developed and estimates a simple model where income and substitution effects can be clearly identified, and applied to Brazil and use agricultural shocks to local economic activity to distinguish between the effects of increases in household income and increases in the opportunity cost of children's time.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of gender and ethnicity in the work-school tradeoff among school-aged children was analyzed, finding that girls are 51% more likely than boys to be out of school and working, mostly in domestic activities.