The Causal Impacts of Child Labor Law in Brazil : Some Preliminary Findings

Piza, Caio ; Portela Souza, Andre

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank

关键词: LAW;    CHILD LABOR;    LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION;    INFORMAL SECTOR;    COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE;   

DOI  :  10.1093/wber/lhw024
RP-ID  :  140498

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper investigates the causalimpact of the change in law of December 1998 that increasedthe minimum legal age of entry into the labor force from 14to 16. The authors used a difference-in-differences (DD)approach to estimate the impact of this law change on laborforce participation rates as a whole, as well as for theformal and informal sectors separately. The results showedthat the ban reduced participation rates for boys by 4percentage points and that this effect was mostly driven bythe informal sector. The authors found no effect on girls.