Why Should We Care about Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor
Despite the extensive literature on the determinants of child labor, the evidence on the consequences of child labor on outcomes such as education, labor, and health is limited. We evaluate the causal effect of child labor participation among children in school on these outcomes using panel data from Vietnam and an instrumental variables strategy. Five years subsequent to the child labor experience we find significant negative impacts on education, and also find a higher probability of wage work for those young adults who worked as children while attending school. We find few significant effects on health.
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| Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
| Language: | EN |
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2009-10
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| Subjects: | Health Production I120, Fertility, Family Planning, Child Care, INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children, Youth J130, Labor Standards: Labor Force Composition J820, Economic Development: Human Resources, Human Development, Income Distribution, Migration O150, Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product Markets, Industry Studies, Population P230, Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics, Health, Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5402 |
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| Summary: | Despite the extensive literature on the determinants of child labor, the evidence on the consequences of child labor on outcomes such as education, labor, and health is limited. We evaluate the causal effect of child labor participation among children in school on these outcomes using panel data from Vietnam and an instrumental variables strategy. Five years subsequent to the child labor experience we find significant negative impacts on education, and also find a higher probability of wage work for those young adults who worked as children while attending school. We find few significant effects on health. |
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