Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260104 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2014:5
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
Previous research has shown that school enrollment in developing countries responds to the changes in demand for low-skilled and high-skilled labor in the market. Using data from Mexico, I show that the negative effects of increases in relative demand for low-skilled labor are not limited to lower rates of school enrollment. Parents respond to the increases in labor market opportunities for low-skilled labor in the manufacturing sector by spending less time helping children with their studies and spending less on children's education while they are enrolled at school. This suggests that households respond along the intensive margin as well as on the extensive margin.
Subjects: 
Low-skilled labor
Parental investment
Children's education
Human capital
JEL: 
I21
I25
J23
J24
O54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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