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    • Birth order, child labor, and school attendance in Brazil 

      Emerson, Patrick M.; Souza, André Portela Fernandes de
      2008-09
      This paper examines the effects of birth order on intra-household allocations as evidenced by the child labor incidence and school attendance of Brazilian children. Previous studies have found that earlier born children ...
    • The causal impacts of child labor law in Brazil: some preliminary findings 

      Piza, Caio; Souza, André Portela Fernandes de
      2017-03-01
      This paper investigates the causal impact of the change in law of December 1998 that increased the minimum legal age of entry into the labor force from 14 to 16. We used a difference-in-differences (DD) approach to estimate ...
    • The economics of child labour 

      Souza, André Portela Fernandes de
      2007-01
    • O impacto do trabalho infantil no setor agrícola sobre a saúde 

      Nicolella, Alexandre Chibebe; Kassouf, Ana Lúcia; Barros, Alexandre Lahóz Mendonça de
      2008
      The aim of this dissertation is to identify the causal relation between rural child labour and health. The analysis utilized the PNAD, a Brazilian household survey, from 1998 and 2003. The econometric modeling was based ...