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The problem
Intervention: Examining mental health outcomes (peer problems, prosocial behaviour) in children engaged in child labour versus not engaged
Who it was tested with: Children in Vietnam and India.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"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 use of an instrumental variable to address endogeneity and measurement of mental health outcomes in defined populations across two countries constitutes an experimental design.
The study relies on instrumental variable analysis with rainfall; actual effect sizes are not reported in the abstract. The distinction between types of work (child labour versus household chores) and the causal mechanisms are not fully elaborated.
Across countries and designs
1 study · 2 countries
