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The Short- and Longer-Term Effects of a Child Labor Ban

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dc.contributor.authorPiza, Caio
dc.contributor.authorPortela Souza, André
dc.contributor.authorEmerson, Patrick M.
dc.contributor.authorAmorim, Vivian
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-03T19:03:29Z
dc.date.available2024-05-03T19:03:29Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-08
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates whether the 1998 Brazilian law that increased the minimum employment age from 14 to 16 lowered child labor and increased school attendance and whether those effects persisted beyond age 16. Using a regression discontinuity design, the results indicate that the ban had a significant impact on urban boys, a cohort that represents half of all paid child labor in Brazil. This cohort had a 35 percent decrease in paid labor, driven mainly by a decrease in informal work, and an 11 percent increase in the share of those only attending school. In addition, there is evidence that these effects persist past the age of enforcement where the affected cohort was less likely to work and more likely to be only attending school beyond age 16. Overall, the results suggest that enforced bans on child labor can have significant immediate and persistent impacts on affected populations.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099655105032410391/IDU1e2242abc15583140821a3be190768f170848
dc.identifier.citationThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/41495
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41495
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR
dc.subjectREGRESSION DISCONTINUITY
dc.subjectLOCAL RANDOMIZATION
dc.subjectMINIMUM EMPLOYMENT AGE
dc.subjectDECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectSDG 8
dc.titleThe Short- and Longer-Term Effects of a Child Labor Banen
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://academic.oup.com/wber/article/38/2/351/7381104 Journal website (version of record)
okr.crossref.titleThe Short- and Longer-Term Effects of a Child Labor Ban
okr.date.disclosure2024-05-03
okr.date.lastmodified2024-05-03T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeJournal Article
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099655105032410391/IDU1e2242abc15583140821a3be190768f170848
okr.guid099655105032410391
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-e2242abc-5583-4082-a3be-90768f170848
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhad036
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/41495
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34312678
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34312678
okr.identifier.report189827
okr.import.id4057
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pagenumber351-370
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099655105032410391/pdf/IDU1e2242abc15583140821a3be190768f170848.pdfen
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Child Labor
okr.topicLaw and Development::Child Labor Law
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.unitDIME Econ Transformation &Growth (DIME1)
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