Child labor and learning

Patrick M. Emerson, Vladimir Ponczek and André Souza

No 6904, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This paper uses a unique micro panel dataset of Brazilian students to investigate the impact of working while in school on learning outcomes. The potential endogeneity is addressed through the use of difference-in-difference and instrumental variable estimators. A negative effect of working on learning outcomes in math and Portuguese is found. The effects of child work range from 3 to 8 percent of a standard deviation decline in test score, which represents a loss of about a quarter to a half of a year of learning on average.

Keywords: Tertiary Education; Youth and Governance; Labor Markets; Street Children; Primary Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-06-01
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