Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/198810 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7450
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We explore the effects of a child labor regulation that changed the legal working age from 14 to 16 over the health of their offspring. We show that the reform was detrimental for the health of the son’s of affected parents at delivery. Yet, in the medium run, the effects of the reform are insignificant for both male and female children. The sons of treated mothers are perceived as still having worse health at older ages, even if their objective health status has recovered. These boys are also more likely to have private health insurance, which suggests more concerned mothers.
Subjects: 
minimum working age
education
child health
gender
JEL: 
J81
I25
I12
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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