Minimum Age Regulation and Child labour: New Evidence from Brazil |

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Brazil

Policy Area

Policy

Authors

Bargain, Olivier, and Delphine Boutin.

Year

2020

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Form of exploitation

Child Labour

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Households

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National

Result on Child labour

There are diminishing child labour trends in regions characterized by higher labour inspection intensity, which is interpreted as a trace of there being a law. However, contrary to what has been claimed in recent studies, the law seems not to have produced sizeable effects overall, at least in the short run.

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