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THE EFFECT OF THE EARLY ENTRANCE TO JOB MARKET ON THE HEALTH STATUS OF THE BRAZILIANS IN 2008
Felipe de Figueiredo Silva
; Federal University of Viçosa, Rural Economics Department, Brazil
Evandro Camargos Teixeira
; Federal University of Viçosa, Rural Economics Department, Brazil
Joao Eustaquio Lima
; Federal University of Viçosa, Rural Economics Department, Brazil
Sažetak
The early entrance to the job market has, among other consequences, a negative effect on the health
status of the individual. In 2008, nearly a sixth of the Brazilian population claimed to have started
working before the age of 10 and over a third reported to have started working between 10 and 15
years old. This paper aims to investigate the effect of early entrance to the job market on the current
health status of the individual. The database provided by the National Survey by Household Sampling
(PNAD) for 2008 was used to reach the objective of this paper. The analysis was conducted at national
and regional extent using Ordered Logit method. It was evident that delaying entrance to the job market
impacts positively on the current state of health. Moreover, it was found that the educational level and
personal income increase the likelihood of the individual presenting a better state of health. Distinct
effects of these variables on health status were also found when we took into account the regional
context. The Southeast and South showed the most severe impacts of child labor on health, as well as
the best results in terms of the impact of education and personal income on health status. In contrast,
the North and Northeast regions showed the greatest gender disparities related to health status.
Ključne riječi
Brazil; Child labor; Health status; Ordered logit
Hrčak ID:
128528
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.3.2014.
Posjeta: 812 *