Economic roles of children in low-income countries: a framework for analysis

Gerry Rodgers and Guy. Standing

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper on economic implications of child labour in developing countries - examines the typology and socio-economic determinants of child labour, the role of cultural factors and traditional attitudes toward children, the effects on health, physical capacity, mortality, education, the labour market, etc. Bibliography pp. 40 to 44 and statistical tables.

Keywords: economic implication; child labour; cultural factor.; tradition.; attitude; children; health; physical capacity; mortality.; education.; labour market; statistical table; conséquences économiques; travail des enfants; facteur culturel; tradition; attitude; enfants; santé; capacité physique; mortalité; éducation; marché du travail; tableau statistique; consecuencias económicas; trabajo infantil; factor cultural; tradición; actitud; niños; salud; capacidad física; mortalidad; educación; mercado de trabajo; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 1979
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Published in World Employment Programme Research working paper. WEP 2-21, Population and Labour Policies Programme

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