The Consequences of Child Labor : Evidence from Longitudinal Data in Rural Tanzania

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dc.creatorDehejia, Rajeev H.
dc.creatorBeegle, Kathleen
dc.creatorKrutikova, Sofya
dc.creatorGatti, Roberta
dc.date2012-05-31T22:06:04Z
dc.date2012-05-31T22:06:04Z
dc.date2008-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:02:02Z
dc.descriptionThis paper exploits a unique longitudinal data set from Tanzania to examine the consequences of child labor on education, employment choices, and marital status over a 10-year horizon. Shocks to crop production and rainfall are used as instrumental variables for child labor. For boys, the findings show that a one-standard-deviation (5.7 hour) increase in child labor leads 10 years later to a loss of approximately one year of schooling and to a substantial increase in the likelihood of farming and of marrying at a younger age. Strikingly, there are no significant effects on education for girls, but there is a significant increase in the likelihood of marrying young. The findings also show that crop shocks lead to an increase in agricultural work for boys and instead lead to an increase in chore hours for girls. The results are consistent with education being a lower priority for girls and/or with chores causing less disruption for education than agricultural work. The increased chore hours could also account for the results on marriage for girls.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9698636/consequences-child-labor-evidence-longitudinal-data-rural-tanzania
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/6822
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-4677
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/414477
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper No. 4677
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCOUNT
dc.subjectADULT MORTALITY
dc.subjectATTRITION
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR
dc.subjectCHILD LABOUR
dc.subjectCHILD WORK
dc.subjectCHILDHOOD
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectEARNING
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEXCLUSION RESTRICTION
dc.subjectFAMILY LABOR
dc.subjectFORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectGIFTED CHILDREN
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WEALTH
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectLABOR INTENSITY
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLABOR STANDARDS
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLABORERS
dc.subjectLABOUR OFFICE
dc.subjectMATHEMATICS
dc.subjectOCCUPATION
dc.subjectOLDER CHILDREN
dc.subjectOLDER GIRLS
dc.subjectPARENTAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPRESENT EVIDENCE
dc.subjectPREVIOUS WORK
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY LEVEL
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectWAGE INCREASE
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWORK EXPERIENCE
dc.subjectYOUNG ADULTS
dc.subjectYOUNGER CHILDREN
dc.titleThe Consequences of Child Labor : Evidence from Longitudinal Data in Rural Tanzania

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