Keeping Kids in School and Out of Work: Compulsory Schooling and Child Labor in Turkey

Meltem Dayioglu and Murat Kırdar

Journal of Human Capital, 2022, vol. 16, issue 4, 526 - 555

Abstract: We examine the effects of a compulsory schooling reform on child labor in Turkey, which extended the duration of schooling from 5 to 8 years while substantially improving the schooling infrastructure. We employ three rounds of child labor surveys with a very rich set of outcomes. The reform reduces child labor by 4.6 percentage points (24%) for 12- to 17-year-olds. For girls, the probability of spending long hours on household chores also reduces. We find that school enrollment and child labor are highly substitutable in rural areas but not as much in urban areas. In addition, the policy effect is stronger for low-income families.

Date: 2022
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