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 variab...
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Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19611209/child-labor-learning http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18774 |
Summary: | 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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