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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spelling	okr-10986-54022021-04-23T14:02:22Z Why Should We Care about Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor Beegle, Kathleen Dehejia, Rajeev Gatti, Roberta 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 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. 2012-03-30T07:32:39Z 2012-03-30T07:32:39Z 2009-10 Journal Article Journal of Human Resources 0022166X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5402 EN CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Beegle, Kathleen Dehejia, Rajeev Gatti, Roberta Why Should We Care about Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor
description	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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author	Beegle, Kathleen Dehejia, Rajeev Gatti, Roberta
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title	Why Should We Care about Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor
title_short	Why Should We Care about Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor
title_full	Why Should We Care about Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor
title_fullStr	Why Should We Care about Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor
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Why Should We Care about Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor

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