The causal effect of family size on child labor and education

AUTOR(ES)

Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

19/07/2007

RESUMO

This paper investigates the causal relationship between family size and child labor and education among brazilian children. More especifically, it analyzes the impact of family size on child labor, school attendance, literacy and school progression. It explores the exogenous variation in family size driven by the presence of twins in the family. The results are consistent under the reasonable assumption that the instrument is a random event. Using the nationally representative brazilian household survey (Pnad), detrimental effects are found on child labor for boys. Moreover, significant effects are obtained for school progression for girls caused by the exogenous presence of the young siblings in the household.

ASSUNTO(S)

child labor menores - emprego education fertility instrumental variables educação fecundidade variáveis instrumentais (estatística)

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