Abstract
Based on data from 327 households comprising at least one child labourer in 2008, this paper investigates the effects of different socio-economic and demographic variables on the relationship between child labour and schooling. The results show that the socio-demographic variables, capturing the “enlightenment” of the parents (e.g. education) do not have much influence on children’s school attendance, whereas the economic variables, capturing the standard of living of the households, have a strong influence on whether the children go to school.