Why Should We Care About Child Labor?
利用越南面板数据和工具变量法，评估在校儿童参与童工对教育、劳动和健康的因果影响，发现五年后童工显著降低了教育水平并增加了成年后从事工资工作的概率，但对健康影响不显著。
Despite 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.