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

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dc.creatorDehejia, Rajeev
dc.creatorBeegle, Kathleen
dc.creatorGatti, Roberta
dc.date2012-06-22T22:05:42Z
dc.date2012-06-22T22:05:42Z
dc.date2005-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:30:02Z
dc.descriptionAlthough there is extensive literature on the determinants of child labor and many initiatives aimed at combating it, there is limited evidence on the consequences of child labor on socioeconomic outcomes such as education, wages, and health. The authors evaluate the causal effect of child labor participation on these outcomes using panel data from Vietnam and an instrumental variables strategy. Five years subsequent to the child labor experience, they find significant negative effects on school participation and educational attainment, but also find substantially higher earnings for those (young) adults who worked as children. The authors find no significant effects on health. Over a longer horizon, they estimate that from age 30 onward the forgone earnings attributable to lost schooling exceed any earnings gain associated with child labor and that the net present discounted value of child labor is positive for discount rates of 11.5 percent or higher. The authors show that child labor is prevalent among households likely to have higher borrowing costs, that are farther from schools, and whose adult members experienced negative returns to their own education. This evidence suggests that reducing child labor will require facilitating access to credit and will also require households to be forward looking.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5594964/care-child-labor-education-labor-market-health-consequences-child-labor
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8897
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3479
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418658
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3479
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectBORROWING
dc.subjectCHILD EARNINGS
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR
dc.subjectCHILDHOOD
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDISCOUNT RATES
dc.subjectECONOMIC COSTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectGIFTED CHILDREN
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectLABOR DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectMARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectMARKET WAGE
dc.subjectMATHEMATICS
dc.subjectOUTPUTS
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPRICE DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectPRIVATE COSTS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectTRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subjectWAGE INCREASES
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectWORKING CHILDREN
dc.subjectWORKING HOURS
dc.titleWhy Should We Care About Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor

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