Why Should We Care About Child Labor?: The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor
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The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor
Although there is an extensive literature on the determinants of child labor and many initiatives aimed at combating it, there is limited evidence of the consequences of child labor on socio-economic outcomes such as education, wages, and health. We evaluate the causal effect of child labor participation on these outcomes using panel data from Vietnam and an instrumental variables strategy. Fiv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Human Resources
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1548-8004
DOI: 10.1353/jhr.2009.0025