TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental health impacts of child labour
T2 - evidence from Vietnam and India
AU - Trinh, Trong-Anh
N1 - Funding Information:
I would like to thank two anonymous referees for their constructive comments and suggestions that significantly improved the paper, and to this article’s responsible editors, for their kind and generous patience during the submission of the paper. I would also like to thank Simon Feeny and participants at the 41st Australian Health Economics Society Conference for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper. The data used in this publication come from Young Lives, a 15-year study of the changing nature of childhood poverty ( www.younglives.org.uk ). Young Lives are funded by UK aid from the Department for International Development (DFID). The views expressed here are those of the author. They are not necessarily those of Young Lives, the University of Oxford, DFID or other funders. All errors are my own. Interested scholars can email the author for data and code.
Funding Information:
I would like to thank two anonymous referees for their constructive comments and suggestions that significantly improved the paper, and to this article?s responsible editors, for their kind and generous patience during the submission of the paper. I would also like to thank Simon Feeny and participants at the 41st Australian Health Economics Society Conference for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper. The data used in this publication come from Young Lives, a 15-year study of the changing nature of childhood poverty (www.younglives.org.uk). Young Lives are funded by UK aid from the Department for International Development (DFID). The views expressed here are those of the author. They are not necessarily those of Young Lives, the University of Oxford, DFID or other funders. All errors are my own. Interested scholars can email the author for data and code.
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PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - A number of recent studies have investigated the relationship between child labour and physical health. However, there has been little empirical evidence that child labour affects children’s emotional and behavioural development. This study departs from existing literature by examining the mental health impacts of child labour in Vietnam and India, as measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. The potential endogeneity of child labour is addressed by using rainfall as the instrument. The findings show that children engaged in child labour suffer from mental health issues as measured by peer problems and reduced prosocial behaviour in both countries. There is a significant gender difference in the impact of child labour in India. Finally, doing household chores, an accepted social and cultural work in developing countries is found to be associated with the better mental health of children in Vietnam.
AB - A number of recent studies have investigated the relationship between child labour and physical health. However, there has been little empirical evidence that child labour affects children’s emotional and behavioural development. This study departs from existing literature by examining the mental health impacts of child labour in Vietnam and India, as measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. The potential endogeneity of child labour is addressed by using rainfall as the instrument. The findings show that children engaged in child labour suffer from mental health issues as measured by peer problems and reduced prosocial behaviour in both countries. There is a significant gender difference in the impact of child labour in India. Finally, doing household chores, an accepted social and cultural work in developing countries is found to be associated with the better mental health of children in Vietnam.
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U2 - 10.1080/00220388.2020.1746280
DO - 10.1080/00220388.2020.1746280
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85083897059
SN - 0022-0388
VL - 56
SP - 2251
EP - 2265
JO - Journal of Development Studies
JF - Journal of Development Studies
IS - 12
ER -
