Child Labor: Theory, Evidence, and Policy

Drusilla Brown (), Alan Deardorff and Robert Stern

No 474, Working Papers from Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan

Abstract: There is a growing theoretical and empirical literature concerning the causes and consequences of child labor. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the policy initiatives targeted on child labor in light of the newly emerging theoretical argumentation and empirical evidence. We focus in particular on programs to address child-labor practices, and we attempt to evaluate these programs, given the empirical evidence concerning the primary determinants of when and why children work. Throughout, we find it instructive to evaluate the policies that have been adopted with the intent of reducing overall child labor in terms of the impact they are likely have on the welfare of children.

Keywords: Child Labor; Labor Standards (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 J2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 74 Pages
Date: 2001
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