Why Should We Care about Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor

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 fro...

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Main Authors: Beegle, Kathleen, Dehejia, Rajeev, Gatti, Roberta
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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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