Industrial Structure and Child Labor: Evidence from the Brazilian Population Census

Furio Rosati and Marco Manacorda ()

CEP Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: This paper uses micro data from the 1980, 1991 and 2000 population censuses to investigate the role of changes in the industry mix in accounting for the differential trends in the incidence of child work (ages 10-15) across Brazilian states. We find that exogenous compositional changes account for around 20% of the observed fall in child employment in rural areas.

Keywords: Child labour; shift-share analysis; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J24 O15 O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-10
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