The impact of child labor on children's educational performance: Evidence from rural Vietnam

Huong Thu Le and Ross Homel

Journal of Asian Economics, 2015, vol. 36, issue C, 1-13

Abstract: In 1998, nearly one-third of Vietnamese children engaged in non-housework labor supply, 95% of these working children residing in rural areas. This paper investigates the impact of child labor on children's educational outcomes in rural Vietnam using the 1998-Vietnam Living Standard Survey. The paper finds that child labor lowers children's academic performance and the negative impact is bigger for girls.

Keywords: Child labor; Children's educational performance; Vietnam; Instrumental variable; Joint Tobit-ordered probit model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C30 I21 J82 N35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2014.11.001

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