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

Table 5 Changes in time allocation with relaxation of minimum age restrictions by compulsory schooling status, all countries pooled

	Paid Employment		Unpaid Economic Activity	Economic Activity	Unpaid Hh. Services	Hh. Based EA & Services	Any Work	Attend School	Idle
	Base	Change
Schooling is not Compulsory at Minimum Age of Employment
	0.068	−0.002	−0.040	−0.026	0.018	−0.050	−0.042	0.000	−0.010
	(0.005)	(0.007)	(0.057)	(0.059)	(0.059)	(0.057)	(0.056)	(0.039)	(0.029)
Schooling Stops Being Compulsory at Minimum Age of Employment
	0.056	0.018**	0.011	0.022	0.084	0.088	0.082	−0.073	0.028
	(0.004)	(0.004)	(0.048)	(0.047)	(0.073)	(0.063)	(0.059)	(0.061)	(0.019)

Change in column variable at age of relaxation of minimum age of employment regulation. Age cell level regressions. Each cell weighted by population. All countries pooled. **significant at 5 percent.