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

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

Although 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 par...

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Main Authors: Beegle, Kathleen, Dehejia, Rajeev, Gatti, Roberta
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
BORROWING
CHILD EARNINGS
CHILD LABOR
CHILDHOOD
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DISCOUNT RATES
ECONOMIC COSTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
EMPLOYMENT
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPENDITURES
FARMS
GIFTED CHILDREN
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION
LABOR DISTRIBUTION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LIVING STANDARDS
MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
MARKET WAGE
MATHEMATICS
OUTPUTS
PARENTS
PRICE DIFFERENCES
PRIVATE COSTS
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTIVITY
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
WAGE INCREASES
WAGES
WORKERS
WORKING CHILDREN
WORKING HOURS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5594964/care-child-labor-education-labor-market-health-consequences-child-labor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8897

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5594964/care-child-labor-education-labor-market-health-consequences-child-labor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8897

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