Unintended Consequences of a Well-Intentioned Policy: Impact of Credit on Child Labor in Bangladesh

Md Amzad Hossain

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Unintended Consequences of a Well-Intentioned Policy

Impact of Credit on Child Labor in Bangladesh

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Journal of Human Resources, September 2025, 60 (5) 1671-1705; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0920-11179R2

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Md Amzad Hossain is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR-72701 .

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