Deborah Levison
Associate Professor, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota.
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Dr. Levison is an economist specializing in research on education, child labor, and childcare in developing countries. She is involved in several projects that explore the interrelated topics of children's labor force work and education, child care, and women's employment. In related research, she has studied child workers from an industry perspective.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Levison, Deborah, Moe, K.S., and F. Knaul. 2008. "Marking Time: An Analysis of Youth Hours of Work and Study in Urban Mexico." Review of Development Economics, 12(4): 751-763. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9361.2008.00444.x. Licensed Access. Worldcat.
Duryea, Suzanne, David Lam, and Deborah Levison. 2007. "Effects of Economic Shocks on Children's Employment and Schooling in Brazil." Journal of Development Economics, 84(1): 188-214. PMCID:PMC2094529. DOI:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.11.004. Licensed Access.
Levison, Deborah, Jasper Hoek, David Lam, and Suzanne Duryea. 2007. "Intermittent child employment and its implications for estimates of child labour." International Labour Review, 146(3-4): 217-251. PMCID:PMC2546602. DOI:10.1111/j.1564-913X.2007.00014.x. Licensed Access.
Connelly, Rachel E., Deborah DeGraff, Deborah Levison, and B.P. McCall. 2006. "Tackling the endogeneity of fertility in the study of women's employment in developing countries: Alternative estimation strategies using data from urban Brazil." Feminist Economics, 12(4): 561-597. DOI:10.1080/13545700600885263. Licensed Access.
Levison, Deborah, and M. Murray-Close. 2005. "Challenges in determining how child work affects child health." Public Health Reports, 120(6): 614-620. PMCID:PMC1497776.
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