Child Labor in Colombia: Factors Affecting the Selection of Economic Activity

Josefa Ramoni-Perazzi (), Giampaolo Orlandoni (), Laura Castillo-Paredes and Jesús Peña Guillén

Revista de Economía del Rosario, 2021, vol. 24, issue 2, No 19754

Abstract: The aim of this research was to determine whether child labor in Colombia’s urban areas shows specific characteristics and backgrounds once it is divided by economic activ-ity. The descriptive analysis was based on basic statistics and multiple correspondence analysis, and the probability of working was modeled through a logit model. Finally, a multinomial logit model was applied to consider the six most common economic activity sectors these children work at. The evidence suggests that the probability of a particular type of work is affected by personal characteristics and lifestyles.

Keywords: Child labor; economic activity; Colombian household survey; multiple cor-respondence analysis. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 J01 J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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