International Labor Mobility and Child Work in Developing Countries

Anna De Paoli and Mariapia Mendola ()
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Mariapia Mendola: University of Milan Bicocca, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano and IZA, https://sites.google.com/site/mariapiamendola/

No 365, Development Working Papers from Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano

Abstract: This paper investigates the labor market effect of international migration on child work in countries of origin. We use an original cross-country survey dataset, which combines information on international migration with detailed individual-level data on child labor at age 5-14 in a wide range of developing countries. By exploiting both within- and cross-country variation and controlling for country fixed effects, we find strong and robust evidence on the role of international mobility of workers in reducing child labor in disadvantaged households through changes in the local labor market.

Keywords: International Migration; Child Labor; Factor Mobility; Cross- (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 F22 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41
Date: 2014-04-07, Revised 2014-04-07
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Working Paper: International Labor Mobility and Child Work in Developing Countries (2014)
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