The impact of minimum age of employment regulation on child labor and schooling *

Table 4 Changes in time allocation at the age of relaxation of regulation, pooled findings

		Paid employment		Unpaid economic activity	Economic activity	Unpaid Hh. services	Hh. Based EA & services	Any Work	Attend school	Idle
Region	Regulation	Base	Change
All Countries
	Light Work	0.037	−0.001	0.069	0.070	−0.060	−0.053	−0.052	−0.051	0.027
		(0.003)	(0.006)	(0.159)	(0.160)	(0.081)	(0.090)	(0.092)	(0.039)	(0.033)
	Minimum Non-Hazardous	0.061	0.007	−0.013	0.001	−0.016	−0.019	−0.012	−0.001	−0.007
		(0.003)	(0.004)	(0.040)	(0.041)	(0.032)	(0.034)	(0.032)	(0.021)	(0.011)
	Compulsory Schooling	0.056	0.003	0.017	0.024	0.010	0.010	0.015	−0.105	0.027
		(0.003)	(0.004)	(0.028)	(0.030)	(0.076)	(0.075)	(0.072)	(0.046)	(0.023)
Africa
	Light Work	0.050	0.000	0.042	0.043	−0.055	−0.048	−0.046	−0.040	0.026
		(0.005)	(0.009)	(0.199)	(0.202)	(0.162)	(0.177)	(0.179)	(0.100)	(0.097)
	Minimum Non-Hazardous	0.065	0.007	−0.087	−0.086	0.065	0.069	0.070	−0.020	0.014
		(0.005)	(0.006)	(0.074)	(0.074)	(0.051)	(0.059)	(0.062)	(0.045)	(0.026)
	Compulsory Schooling	0.049	0.010	0.008	0.012	0.016	0.022	0.010	−0.006	−0.008
		(0.008)	(0.015)	(0.099)	(0.105)	(0.107)	(0.113)	(0.115)	(0.025)	(0.051)

Change in column variable at age of relaxation of regulation listed in row. All countries in region pooled. Age cell level regressions. Each cell weighted by population.