This paper analyzes the effect of compulsory schooling on the incidence of child labor, within a dynamic, overlapping-generations, general equilibrium setting. Parents in this model are altruistic. Both human and physical capital is accumulated and parents care about their own consumption and...

This paper applies econometric estimation methods to improve the level of precision and detail in the measurement of welfare in Mexico, and specifically to estimate household incomes. As is the case in other countries, Mexico has had, on the one hand, household surveys that provide high...