ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between armed conflict intensity and child labor using household level data from Iraq and taking advantage of a quasi-experimental setup. Armed conflict intensity is measured by the number of deaths related to conflict, and child labor is separated by type of work: economic and household. After controlling for individual and household characteristics that determine child labor, we find that armed conflict intensity is associated with a higher likelihood of entry into economic work sufficient to qualify as child labor, but is not associated with entry into household child labor. However, conflict intensity is associated with marginal increases in hours worked for both types of activity. We also explore gender differences. These results provide further evidence of the long-term costs of war on households.

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武装冲突和童工：伊拉克的证据

摘要本文使用来自伊拉克的家庭水平数据并利用准实验设置来研究武装冲突强度与童工之间的关系。武装冲突的强度是由与冲突有关的死亡人数来衡量的，而童工则按工作类型（经济和家庭）分开。在控制了确定童工的个人和家庭特征之后，我们发现武装冲突的强度与从事足以胜任童工的经济工作的可能性较高相关，但与从事家庭童工无关。但是，两种活动的冲突强度都与工作时间的少量增加相关。我们还将探讨性别差异。这些结果进一步证明了家庭战争的长期成本。