Analyzing the Impact of Legislation on Child Labor in Pakistan
This paper exploits a natural experiment approach to identify the impact of legislation (Employment of Children Act 1991) in Pakistan on participation of children in the labor markets. The law prohibits employment of children less than 14 years of...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8696949/analyzing-impact-legislation-child-labor-pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7589 |
| Summary: | This paper exploits a natural experiment
approach to identify the impact of legislation (Employment
of Children Act 1991) in Pakistan on participation of
children in the labor markets. The law prohibits employment
of children less than 14 years of age in sectors other than
agriculture or household enterprises. With micro-data,
making use of regression discontinuity data design, the
study finds some evidence that the Employment of Children
Act 1991 helped in reducing the employment of children
immediately after its implementation. |
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