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Title: Lifetime Health Consequences of Child Labor in Brazil
Citation Type: Book, Section
Publication Year: 2010
ISBN: 9780857240019
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Abstract: The health consequences of child labor may take time to manifest themselves. This study examines whether adults who worked as children experience increased incidence of illness or physical disability. The analysis considers the selection process in evaluating the relative value and cost of child time in school versus work using variation across localities in the number of schools and teachers per child, and in low skill wages dated back to the time when the adults were children. When child labor and schooling are treated as given variables, child labor appears to increase the likelihood of poor health outcomes in adulthood across a wide variety of health measures, but these effects are small. However, when we consider the effect of unobserved health and ability endowments on the age of labor market entry and years of schooling completed, the joint effects of child labor and schooling on health become larger. Delaying entry into the workforce while increasing time in school significantly lowers the probability of early onset of physical ailments such as back problems or arthritis. However, we are unable to isolate the impact of child labor from the impact of increased time in school.
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Authors: Lee, Chanyoung; Orazem, Peter F
Editors: Akee, Randall K.Q.; Edmonds, Eric V.; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos
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Volume Title: Child Labor and the Transition Between School and Work
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Publisher Location: Somerville, MA
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Data Collections: IPUMS International
Topics: Health, Other, Poverty and Welfare
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