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Long-term health and socioeconomic consequences of child labor : evidence from Brazil
Zhang, Xuelian - 2012
. This study employs the Brazil Living Standards Measurement Study Survey to examine the long-run consequences of child labor … child labor in Brazil and other developing countries. Moreover, the different effects of early working on urban and rural … adults should be taken into account when child labor policies are proposed. -- Child labor ; Long-term ; Consequence ; Brazil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009615261
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Child labor and learning
Emerson, Patrick M.; Ponczek, Vladimir; Souza, André … - 2013
This paper investigates the impact of working while in school on learning outcomes through the use of a unique micro panel dataset of students in the São Paulo municipal school system. The potential endogeneity of working decisions and learning outcomes is addressed through the use of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792987
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Causal effects of educational mismatch in the labor market : conference paper
Kleibrink, Jan - 2013
This paper analyses the causal effects of educational mismatch on wages, individual health and job satisfaction. As educational mismatch is subject to unobserved heterogeneity in all of these fields, different identification strategies are applied to derive causal effects. In the wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341095
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The impact of child labor and school quality on academic achievement in Brazil
Bezerra, Márcio Eduardo G.; Kassouf, Ana Lúcia; … - 2009
. -- Child labor ; school achievement ; Brazil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824949
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School Drop-Out and Push-Out Factors in Brazil : The Role of Early Parenthood, Child Labor, and Poverty
Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2007
surrounding, the shantytowns of Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil. We use an extensive survey addressing risk factors faced by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778004
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The Impact of Child Labor and School Quality on Academic Achievement in Brazil
Bezerra, Márcio Eduardo - 2009
We analyze the impact of child labor on school achievement using Brazilian school achievement test data from the 2003 Sistema Nacional de Avaliaccedil;atilde;o da Educaccedil;atilde;o Baacute;sica (SAEB). We control for the endogeneity of child labor using instrumental variable techniques, where the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764239
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Child Labor and Learning
Emerson, Patrick M. - 2014
This paper investigates the impact of working while in school on learning outcomes through the use of a unique micro panel dataset of students in the São Paulo municipal school system. The potential endogeneity of working decisions and learning outcomes is addressed through the use of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013063112
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What is the best age to enter the labor market in Brazil today?
Justus, Marcelo; Kawamura, Henrique Coelho; Kassouf, … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 16 (2015) 2, pp. 235-249
This study is an attempt to measure the effects of entering the Brazilian labor market at an early age on wages earned as an adult. In a previous study using a pooled data cross section (1988 and 1996), the conclusion was reached that the effect of entering the labor market at an early age is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011865499
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Early childhood education and life-cycle health
García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J. - 2020
This paper forecasts the life-cycle treatment effects on health of a high-quality early childhood program. Our predictions combine microsimulation using non-experimental data with experimental data from a midlife long-term follow-up. The follow-up incorporated a full epidemiological exam. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012193880
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Work versus school? : the effect of work on educational expenditures for children in Mexico
Kaletski, Elizabeth - 2016
This paper explores the impact of child labor on child welfare, with a specific focus on the relationship between working and education. I look at the empirical relationship between working and educational expenditure budget shares for children age 5-14 in Mexico. I accomplish this using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011502758