Child Labor and Learning

This paper uses a unique micro panel dataset of Brazilian students to investigate the impact of working while in school on learning outcomes. The potential endogeneity is addressed through the use of difference-in-difference and instrumental variable estimators. A negative effect of working on learning outcomes in math and Portuguese is found. The effects of child work range from 3 to 8 percent of a standard deviation decline in test score, which represents a loss of about a quarter to a half of a year of learning on average.

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Main Authors: Emerson, Patrick M., Ponczek, Vladimir, Portela Souza, Andre
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014-06
Subjects:ABILITY LEVELS, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ACCOUNT, BIRTH ORDER, CHILD LABOR, CHILD LABOUR, CHILD WORK, CHILD WORKERS, DOMESTIC SERVANTS, ECONOMIC SHOCKS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, ENROLLMENT, EXAM, EXAM PERFORMANCE, EXAMS, FAMILY MEMBER, GIRLS, GIRLS IN MATH, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION, HUMAN RESOURCES, INFORMAL SECTOR, INTERVENTIONS, LABOR ECONOMICS, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR LAW, LABOR LAWS, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES, LABOR STANDARDS, LABORERS, LABOUR, LEARNING, LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LITERATURE, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, OCCUPATION, OPEN ACCESS, PAPERS, PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT, PRESENT STUDY, PREVIOUS STUDIES, PREVIOUS WORK, PRIVATE SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, READING, RETURNS TO EDUCATION, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SERVANTS, SERVICE OCCUPATIONS, SERVICE SECTOR, SOCIOLOGISTS, STATE SCHOOLS, STREET VENDORS, STUDENT LEARNING, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, STUDENT POPULATION, TEACHERS, UNEMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYMENT, WAGES, WORK ACTIVITIES, WORK ACTIVITY, WORK EXPERIENCE, WORKER, WORKERS, WORKING STUDENTS,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19611209/child-labor-learning
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spelling dig-okr-10986187742024-08-08T13:58:32Z Child Labor and Learning Emerson, Patrick M. Ponczek, Vladimir Portela Souza, Andre ABILITY LEVELS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACCOUNT BIRTH ORDER CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOUR CHILD WORK CHILD WORKERS DOMESTIC SERVANTS ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENROLLMENT EXAM EXAM PERFORMANCE EXAMS FAMILY MEMBER GIRLS GIRLS IN MATH HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMAL SECTOR INTERVENTIONS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR STANDARDS LABORERS LABOUR LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES LITERATURE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OCCUPATION OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT PRESENT STUDY PREVIOUS STUDIES PREVIOUS WORK PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS READING RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SERVANTS SERVICE OCCUPATIONS SERVICE SECTOR SOCIOLOGISTS STATE SCHOOLS STREET VENDORS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT POPULATION TEACHERS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES WORK ACTIVITIES WORK ACTIVITY WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER WORKERS WORKING STUDENTS This paper uses a unique micro panel dataset of Brazilian students to investigate the impact of working while in school on learning outcomes. The potential endogeneity is addressed through the use of difference-in-difference and instrumental variable estimators. A negative effect of working on learning outcomes in math and Portuguese is found. The effects of child work range from 3 to 8 percent of a standard deviation decline in test score, which represents a loss of about a quarter to a half of a year of learning on average. 2014-06-25T22:21:51Z 2014-06-25T22:21:51Z 2014-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19611209/child-labor-learning https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18774 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6904 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC
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topic ABILITY LEVELS
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
ACCOUNT
BIRTH ORDER
CHILD LABOR
CHILD LABOUR
CHILD WORK
CHILD WORKERS
DOMESTIC SERVANTS
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
ENROLLMENT
EXAM
EXAM PERFORMANCE
EXAMS
FAMILY MEMBER
GIRLS
GIRLS IN MATH
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION
HUMAN RESOURCES
INFORMAL SECTOR
INTERVENTIONS
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR LAW
LABOR LAWS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR STANDARDS
LABORERS
LABOUR
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LITERATURE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
OCCUPATION
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
PRESENT STUDY
PREVIOUS STUDIES
PREVIOUS WORK
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
READING
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SERVANTS
SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
SERVICE SECTOR
SOCIOLOGISTS
STATE SCHOOLS
STREET VENDORS
STUDENT LEARNING
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
STUDENT POPULATION
TEACHERS
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
WAGES
WORK ACTIVITIES
WORK ACTIVITY
WORK EXPERIENCE
WORKER
WORKERS
WORKING STUDENTS
ABILITY LEVELS
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
ACCOUNT
BIRTH ORDER
CHILD LABOR
CHILD LABOUR
CHILD WORK
CHILD WORKERS
DOMESTIC SERVANTS
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
ENROLLMENT
EXAM
EXAM PERFORMANCE
EXAMS
FAMILY MEMBER
GIRLS
GIRLS IN MATH
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION
HUMAN RESOURCES
INFORMAL SECTOR
INTERVENTIONS
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR LAW
LABOR LAWS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR STANDARDS
LABORERS
LABOUR
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LITERATURE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
OCCUPATION
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
PRESENT STUDY
PREVIOUS STUDIES
PREVIOUS WORK
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
READING
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SERVANTS
SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
SERVICE SECTOR
SOCIOLOGISTS
STATE SCHOOLS
STREET VENDORS
STUDENT LEARNING
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
STUDENT POPULATION
TEACHERS
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
WAGES
WORK ACTIVITIES
WORK ACTIVITY
WORK EXPERIENCE
WORKER
WORKERS
WORKING STUDENTS
spellingShingle ABILITY LEVELS
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
ACCOUNT
BIRTH ORDER
CHILD LABOR
CHILD LABOUR
CHILD WORK
CHILD WORKERS
DOMESTIC SERVANTS
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
ENROLLMENT
EXAM
EXAM PERFORMANCE
EXAMS
FAMILY MEMBER
GIRLS
GIRLS IN MATH
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION
HUMAN RESOURCES
INFORMAL SECTOR
INTERVENTIONS
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR LAW
LABOR LAWS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR STANDARDS
LABORERS
LABOUR
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LITERATURE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
OCCUPATION
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
PRESENT STUDY
PREVIOUS STUDIES
PREVIOUS WORK
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
READING
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SERVANTS
SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
SERVICE SECTOR
SOCIOLOGISTS
STATE SCHOOLS
STREET VENDORS
STUDENT LEARNING
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
STUDENT POPULATION
TEACHERS
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
WAGES
WORK ACTIVITIES
WORK ACTIVITY
WORK EXPERIENCE
WORKER
WORKERS
WORKING STUDENTS
ABILITY LEVELS
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
ACCOUNT
BIRTH ORDER
CHILD LABOR
CHILD LABOUR
CHILD WORK
CHILD WORKERS
DOMESTIC SERVANTS
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
ENROLLMENT
EXAM
EXAM PERFORMANCE
EXAMS
FAMILY MEMBER
GIRLS
GIRLS IN MATH
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION
HUMAN RESOURCES
INFORMAL SECTOR
INTERVENTIONS
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR LAW
LABOR LAWS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR STANDARDS
LABORERS
LABOUR
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LITERATURE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
OCCUPATION
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
PRESENT STUDY
PREVIOUS STUDIES
PREVIOUS WORK
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
READING
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SERVANTS
SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
SERVICE SECTOR
SOCIOLOGISTS
STATE SCHOOLS
STREET VENDORS
STUDENT LEARNING
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
STUDENT POPULATION
TEACHERS
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
WAGES
WORK ACTIVITIES
WORK ACTIVITY
WORK EXPERIENCE
WORKER
WORKERS
WORKING STUDENTS
Emerson, Patrick M.
Ponczek, Vladimir
Portela Souza, Andre
Child Labor and Learning
description This paper uses a unique micro panel dataset of Brazilian students to investigate the impact of working while in school on learning outcomes. The potential endogeneity is addressed through the use of difference-in-difference and instrumental variable estimators. A negative effect of working on learning outcomes in math and Portuguese is found. The effects of child work range from 3 to 8 percent of a standard deviation decline in test score, which represents a loss of about a quarter to a half of a year of learning on average.
topic_facet ABILITY LEVELS
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
ACCOUNT
BIRTH ORDER
CHILD LABOR
CHILD LABOUR
CHILD WORK
CHILD WORKERS
DOMESTIC SERVANTS
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
ENROLLMENT
EXAM
EXAM PERFORMANCE
EXAMS
FAMILY MEMBER
GIRLS
GIRLS IN MATH
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION
HUMAN RESOURCES
INFORMAL SECTOR
INTERVENTIONS
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR LAW
LABOR LAWS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR STANDARDS
LABORERS
LABOUR
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LITERATURE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
OCCUPATION
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
PRESENT STUDY
PREVIOUS STUDIES
PREVIOUS WORK
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
READING
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SERVANTS
SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
SERVICE SECTOR
SOCIOLOGISTS
STATE SCHOOLS
STREET VENDORS
STUDENT LEARNING
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
STUDENT POPULATION
TEACHERS
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
WAGES
WORK ACTIVITIES
WORK ACTIVITY
WORK EXPERIENCE
WORKER
WORKERS
WORKING STUDENTS
author Emerson, Patrick M.
Ponczek, Vladimir
Portela Souza, Andre
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Ponczek, Vladimir
Portela Souza, Andre
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title Child Labor and Learning
title_short Child Labor and Learning
title_full Child Labor and Learning
title_fullStr Child Labor and Learning
title_full_unstemmed Child Labor and Learning
title_sort child labor and learning
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014-06
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19611209/child-labor-learning
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18774
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