The Consequences of Child Labor : Evidence from Longitudinal Data in Rural Tanzania
This 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...
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okr-10986-68222021-04-23T14:02:32Z The Consequences of Child Labor : Evidence from Longitudinal Data in Rural Tanzania Beegle, Kathleen Dehejia, Rajeev H. Gatti, Roberta Krutikova, Sofya ACCOUNT ADULT MORTALITY ATTRITION CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOUR CHILD WORK CHILDHOOD CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EARNING ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT EXCLUSION RESTRICTION FAMILY LABOR FORMAL EDUCATION GIFTED CHILDREN HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INFANT MORTALITY LABOR INTENSITY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR STANDARDS LABOR SUPPLY LABORERS LABOUR OFFICE MATHEMATICS OCCUPATION OLDER CHILDREN OLDER GIRLS PARENTAL EDUCATION PARENTS PRESENT EVIDENCE PREVIOUS WORK PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTION FUNCTION SECONDARY EDUCATION WAGE INCREASE WAGES WORK EXPERIENCE YOUNG ADULTS YOUNGER CHILDREN This 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. 2012-05-31T22:06:04Z 2012-05-31T22:06:04Z 2008-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9698636/consequences-child-labor-evidence-longitudinal-data-rural-tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6822 English Policy Research Working Paper No. 4677 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Tanzania |
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ACCOUNT ADULT MORTALITY ATTRITION CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOUR CHILD WORK CHILDHOOD CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EARNING ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT EXCLUSION RESTRICTION FAMILY LABOR FORMAL EDUCATION GIFTED CHILDREN HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INFANT MORTALITY LABOR INTENSITY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR STANDARDS LABOR SUPPLY LABORERS LABOUR OFFICE MATHEMATICS OCCUPATION OLDER CHILDREN OLDER GIRLS PARENTAL EDUCATION PARENTS PRESENT EVIDENCE PREVIOUS WORK PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTION FUNCTION SECONDARY EDUCATION WAGE INCREASE WAGES WORK EXPERIENCE YOUNG ADULTS YOUNGER CHILDREN |
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ACCOUNT ADULT MORTALITY ATTRITION CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOUR CHILD WORK CHILDHOOD CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EARNING ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT EXCLUSION RESTRICTION FAMILY LABOR FORMAL EDUCATION GIFTED CHILDREN HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INFANT MORTALITY LABOR INTENSITY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR STANDARDS LABOR SUPPLY LABORERS LABOUR OFFICE MATHEMATICS OCCUPATION OLDER CHILDREN OLDER GIRLS PARENTAL EDUCATION PARENTS PRESENT EVIDENCE PREVIOUS WORK PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTION FUNCTION SECONDARY EDUCATION WAGE INCREASE WAGES WORK EXPERIENCE YOUNG ADULTS YOUNGER CHILDREN Beegle, Kathleen Dehejia, Rajeev H. Gatti, Roberta Krutikova, Sofya The Consequences of Child Labor : Evidence from Longitudinal Data in Rural Tanzania |
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This 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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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Beegle, Kathleen Dehejia, Rajeev H. Gatti, Roberta Krutikova, Sofya |
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Beegle, Kathleen Dehejia, Rajeev H. Gatti, Roberta Krutikova, Sofya |
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Beegle, Kathleen |
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The Consequences of Child Labor : Evidence from Longitudinal Data in Rural Tanzania |
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The Consequences of Child Labor : Evidence from Longitudinal Data in Rural Tanzania |
| title_full |
The Consequences of Child Labor : Evidence from Longitudinal Data in Rural Tanzania |
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The Consequences of Child Labor : Evidence from Longitudinal Data in Rural Tanzania |
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The Consequences of Child Labor : Evidence from Longitudinal Data in Rural Tanzania |
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consequences of child labor : evidence from longitudinal data in rural tanzania |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9698636/consequences-child-labor-evidence-longitudinal-data-rural-tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6822 |
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