How important are subsistence concerns in a family's decision to send a child to work? We consider this question in Ecuador, where poor families are selected at random to receive a cash transfer that is equivalent to 7 percent of monthly expenditures. Winning the cash transfer lottery is associated with a decline in work for pay away from the…

Insufficient data generally identifies the malnourished as migrant urban poor, landless and near-landless laborers, and small farmers. Nutrition programs more easily reach urban poor than rural poor. Improved technology and new land settlement could help. However, demand for farm labor would be seasonal, increasing the need for small industry…

Characteristics of hired farmworkers have changed little during the 1990s. These workers continue to earn about 58 percent as much as all wage and salary workers. Data tables and figures present characteristics of farmworkers and all workers: age, gender, race, educational attainment, citizenship, region, earnings, and occupations. (TD)