Child labour and schooling in the context of a subsistence rural economy: can they be compatible?

Learning and Earning in the Context of Small-Scale Gold Mining: Examining the Compatibility of Schooling and Work in the Lives of Working Young People in Ghana

“…There are a number of reasons found to account for the young workers engagements in small-scale mining work. Similar to other studies with working young people in the global south, poverty was reported as the primary reason underpinning young people's participation in mining work (see Admassie, 2003;Bourdillon et al, 2010;Okyere, 2014). This finding reflects the national economic situation.…”

“…This has been done through challenging empirical evidence and opinions of some working young people themselves. To Admassie (2003), the perceived negative relationship between working and schooling exists because they are already believed to be incompatible. From this perspective, any young person who is not attending school is assumed to be likely engaging in work activities, which are also likely to produce long-term impacts (Admassie, 2003).…”

Know Your Place: Ethiopian Children’s Contributions to the Household Economy

“…The division of labour was noticeably gendered: girls did primarily domestic tasks within the household and boys tended to do herding or farming. Also using the ERHS, Admassie (2003) found that female children participated more in household domestic tasks. Boys' participation was higher in farm work such as ploughing, harvesting and looking after livestock.…”

‘Going to school to become good people’: Examining aspirations to respectability and goodness among schoolchildren in urban Ethiopia

“…This cost-benefit assessment is predominantly envisioned in economic terms, with adults in the household expected to weigh up the earnings that young members would contribute if they worked full-time against the higher earnings that they expect to result from children's education in the future (Admassie, 2003;Basu and Van, 1998;Burke and Beegle, 2004;Patrinos, 2002).…”