Is Child Labor Harmful? The Impact ofWorking Earlier in Life on Adult Earnings

This paper explores the question: is working as a child harmful to an individual in terms ofadult outcomes in earnings? Though an extremely important question, little is known aboutthe effect of child labor on adult outcomes...

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Year of publication:	2007-09-01
Authors:	Emerson, Patrick M. ; Souza, André Portela
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Arbeit \| Labor \| Einkünfte \| adult outcomes \| Kinderarbeit \| child labour

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Extent:	232448 bytes 55 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Discussion Papers IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 3027 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; O54 - Latin America; Caribbean ; Labour law and industrial relations ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; Brazil
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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