This study examines the economic impact of child labor on education in India using the panel regression technique and investigates the relationship between child labor and education using a comprehensive dataset spanning from 2000 to 2021. The findings reveal that the child labor exert a significant and negative influence on primary and secondary level education. This suggests that factors like child labor, sex ratio, poverty, family income, infant mortality rate etc. is affecting the school enrolment and drop out ratio. However, the impact of child labor on educational outcomes is very pronounced and exhibits a strong cohort effects across different attainment levels and duly impact the development indicators. The study underscores the importance of disaggregating data to discern rural-urban differentials in the level of education across different Indian states and union territories, a limitation that prompts calls for further research. This distinction is critically given in the heterogeneous nature of socio-economic conditions and access different educational services in rural and urban settings. Future investigations could thus explore the differential impact of child labor on education and economic development, underpinning an inquiries into the impact of child labor on education within India and offering its causal impact in mitigating the policy-making process.

Authors:
Preety Sharma, University of Delhi, India
Shikhar Kumar, University of Delhi, India

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She is an Assistant Professor of Economics in University School of Humanities and Social Sciences,Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and a Doctoral Student in Department of Finance and Business Economics, University of Delhi.

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