The Causal Impacts of Child Labor Law in Brazil : Some Preliminary Findings
This paper investigates the causal impact of the change in law of December 1998 that increased the minimum legal age of entry into the labor force from 14 to 16. The authors used a difference-in-differences (DD) approach to estimate the impact of t...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/676961565589855700/The-Causal-Impacts-of-Child-Labor-Law-in-Brazil-Some-Preliminary-Findings http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32239 |
| Summary: | This paper investigates the causal
impact of the change in law of December 1998 that increased
the minimum legal age of entry into the labor force from 14
to 16. The authors used a difference-in-differences (DD)
approach to estimate the impact of this law change on labor
force participation rates as a whole, as well as for the
formal and informal sectors separately. The results showed
that the ban reduced participation rates for boys by 4
percentage points and that this effect was mostly driven by
the informal sector. The authors found no effect on girls. |
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