Child Labor: A Review of Recent Theory and Evidence with Policy Implications

Heather Congdon Fors

No 324, Working Papers in Economics from University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

Abstract: In recent years, a growing number of authors have turned their atten- tion to the question of why children work. The purpose of this paper is to review some of the more recent theoretical and empirical research into the topic of child labor, and to illustrate the fact that no one factor on its own can account for the phenomenon of child labor. Therefore, policies aimed at eradicating child labor will need to address the broad range of underlying factors that contribute to the incidence of child labor, such as poverty, market imperfections and access to education.

Keywords: child labor; subsistence poverty; market imperfections; policy instruments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 J13 J22 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2008-10-23
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