Beegle, KathleenDehejia, RajeevGatti, Roberta2012-03-302012-03-302009-10Journal of Human Resources0022166Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/5402Despite the extensive literature on the determinants of child labor, the evidence on the consequences of child labor on outcomes such as education, labor, and health is limited. We evaluate the causal effect of child labor participation among children in school on these outcomes using panel data from Vietnam and an instrumental variables strategy. Five years subsequent to the child labor experience we find significant negative impacts on education, and also find a higher probability of wage work for those young adults who worked as children while attending school. We find few significant effects on health.ENCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOHealth Production I120FertilityFamily PlanningChild CareINTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: ChildrenYouth J130Labor Standards: Labor Force Composition J820Economic Development: Human ResourcesHuman DevelopmentIncome DistributionMigration O150Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product MarketsIndustry StudiesPopulation P230Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer EconomicsHealthEducation and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360Journal ArticleWorld Bank