The case against child labor bans

Francisco Gonzalez () and Irving Rosales

No 1601, Working Papers from University of Waterloo, Department of Economics

Abstract: We argue that enforcing blanket child labor restrictions in developing economies, as advocated in the ILO Convention 138, is harmful even in the long run. The social return to child labor can be higher than its private return if laws against crime and laws in favor of compulsory education are not enforced, in which case child labor crowds out both child crime and crime against children.

JEL-codes: J88 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2016-01, Revised 2016-01
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