Analyzing the Impact of Legislation on Child Labor in Pakistan
2007
Fasih, Tazeen
This paper exploits a natural experiment approach to identify the impact of legislation (Employment of Children Act 1991) in Pakistan on participation of children in the labor markets. The law prohibits employment of children less than 14 years of age in sectors other than agriculture or household enterprises. With micro-data, making use of regression discontinuity data design, the study finds some evidence that the Employment of Children Act 1991 helped in reducing the employment of children immediately after its implementation.
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出版者
World Bank, Washington, DC
其它主题
Factories act; Imperfect information; Minimum age; Child labor issues; Convention on the rights of the child; Unemployment rates; Employment in agriculture; Economic historians; Labor economics; Domestic services; Childhood; Child labor; Family members; Child labor laws; Labor markets; Minimum wages; Exploitative labor; Labor regulations; Participation of children; Worst forms of child labor; Young person; Compulsory schooling; Work permit; Child workers; Household chores; Employment of children; Child labor legislation; Unskilled labor; Young girls; Employment opportunities; Anti-child labor; Laborers; Younger children; International pressure; Police officer; Working children; Labor force; Hazardous occupations; Older children; Legal guardians; High unemployment; Account; Compulsory education; Labor supply; Conditions for children; Hours of work; Offenders; Employment of children act; Distribution of children; School attendance; Minimum wage; Labor market; Craftsmen; Minimum working age
许可
Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4399http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/World BankCC BY 3.0 Unported
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4399
2014-09-15
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