Child Labour Among Afghan Refugee Children: Investigating the Underlying Drivers

Muhammad Khan

No 2023:14, PIDE-Working Papers from Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

Abstract: Among socio-political issues that are closely linked with the formation of human capital of a country is the threat of child labour. Working of school-aged children leads to loss of educational and developmental milestones and leads to insufferable damage to children’s future. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) defines the term “Child Labour” as “a work that destitute children of their childhood, their potential and dignity, additionally that is harmful to mental and physical development of child. Actually, it refers to work that is; socially, morally, mentally and physically hazardous and detrimental to child development. And, interferes with child schooling by, depriving them to attend school and compel them to leave school permanently or combine school attendance and work (ILO, 2021a).

Keywords: Afghan Refugees; Child Labor; Logistic Regression; Socioeconomic Factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30
Date: 2023
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