| ID | 147430 |
| Title Proper | Child labour and academic achievement |
| Other Title Information | evidence from Gansu Province in China |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | He, Huajing |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper considers the relationship between child labour and a child's academic achievement in rural China. Using a unique longitudinal, multi-level survey, the Gansu Survey of Children and Families (GSCF) which was enrolled in the Gansu province, I use a quasi-maximum likelihood estimation (QMLE) and find that more than 1 h of child labour in the previous time period has a negative effect on a child's academic achievement in the subsequent period after controlling for child talent. I also show that previous academic achievement has no strong significant effect on current child labour by applying a logistic model. Based on the data, the fact that those effects are not very big or not significant suggests that child labour in China is not a big problem when compared with other developing countries (Bacolod & Ranjan 2008). |
| `In' analytical Note | China Economic Review Vol. 38; Apr 2016: p.130–150 |
| Journal Source | China Economic Review 2016-07 |
| Key Words | Child Labour ; Gansu ; Academic Achievement ; QMLE |