Child labour in small-scale mining: examples from Niger, Peru, and Philippines

Norman S. Jennings

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Young workers engaged by concession holders to work in small-scale mines are attractive for a number of reasons. Firstly, as they are working illegally, any complaints regarding wages or working conditions would likely be ignored. Secondly, young workers are generally compliant and tend not to question the tasks assigned to them and the living and working conditions they are faced with. The fact that wages are often not received until after the end of a work contract is undoubtedly a constraint on rebellion. Lastly, for many rural young people there is no alternative wage employment outside the small- scale mining sector; subsistence farming is neither attractive nor sustainable.

Keywords: child labour; hazardous work; mining; small scale industry.; hazard; occupational safety; occupational health; wages; statistical table; travail des enfants; travail dangereux; industrie minière; petite industrie; risque; sécurité du travail; santé au travail; salaire; tableau statistique; trabajo infantil; trabajo peligroso; explotación minera; pequeña industria; riesgo; seguridad en el trabajo; salud en el trabajo; salario; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 61 pages
Date: 1999
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