Household Income as a Determinant of Child Labor and School Enrollment in Brazil: Evidence from a Social Security Reform
By De Carvalho Filho, E. Irineu. Social Science Research Network, 2008
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This paper studies the effects of household income on labor participation and school enrollment of children aged 10 to 14 in Brazil using a social security reform as a source of exogenous variation in household income. We find that increased benefits are associated with increases in school enrollment for girls, as well as a smaller reduction in their labor participation, but find no effects for boys. We also uncover evidence that the gender of the benefit receiver matters for girls’ labor variables: only benefits received by females reduce girls’ work.
Subfields: Accounting, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science
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- Poverty Alleviation and Child Labor (2008, unknown): “(29.91) (26.39) (321.6) (333.0) Female”
- Reducing Child Poverty with Cash Transfers: A Sure Thing? (2006, background): “Along similar lines, Carvalho (2000) examined the impact of an extension in old age pension entitlement on school enrolments among 10-14-year-old children in rural Brazil.”