The Tradeoff of Child Labor: Evidence from Indonesia
Fiqih Yusril Mahendra,
Nurul Bariyah,
Akhmad Yani
et al.
Abstract:Using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS), this study examines the influence of child labor on wages and educational attainment in Indonesia. Several statistical methods, such as Propensity Score Matching (PSM), Quantile Regression, and robust Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) models, are used to analyze the relationship between child labor, income, and education while controlling for confounding variables. The findings indicate that child labor is initially associated with reduced wages, but this ass… Show more
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