1 option
The Causal Impacts of Child Labor Law in Brazil : Some Preliminary Findings. / Piza, Caio.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Piza, Caio
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child labor.
- Child labor ban.
- Children and youth.
- Labor markets.
- Labor policies.
- Participation rates.
- Social development.
- Social protections and labor.
- Street children.
- Treatment effects.
- Urban development.
- Youth & governance.
- Local Subjects:
- Child labor.
- Child labor ban.
- Children and youth.
- Labor markets.
- Labor policies.
- Participation rates.
- Social development.
- Social protections and labor.
- Street children.
- Treatment effects.
- Urban development.
- Youth & governance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (11 pages)
- Other Title:
- Causal Impacts of Child Labor Law in Brazil
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2015.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper investigates the causal impact of the change in Brazil's child labor law of December 1998. The change increased the minimum legal age of entry into the labor force from 14 to 16 years. The analysis uses a difference-in-differences approach to estimate the impact of this change in the law on labor force participation rates as a whole, as well as for the formal and informal sectors separately. The results show that the ban reduced participation rates for boys by 4 percentage points and that this effect was mostly driven by the informal sector. No effect is found for girls.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.