Child Labor and Poverty Transmission: No Room For Dreams

Jackline Wahba

No 108, Working Papers from Economic Research Forum

Abstract: It is widely believed that poverty is the main reason for child labor. Children work to ensure the survival of their families and themselves. However, little is known about the impact of child labor on poverty transmission. This paper explores the transmission of poverty through child labor. The main findings of the paper are that parents who were child laborers themselves are more likely to send their children out to work. Children are twice as likely to work if their parents were child laborers. Thus, the results suggest that child labor perpetuates inter-generational poverty.

Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2001-15-03, Revised 2001
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