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Child Labor: A Review of Recent Theory and Evidence with Policy Implications

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Congdon Fors, Heather () (Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University)
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In recent years, a growing number of authors have turned their atten- tion to the question of why children work. The purpose of this paper is to review some of the more recent theoretical and empirical research into the topic of child labor, and to illustrate the fact that no one factor on its own can account for the phenomenon of child labor. Therefore, policies aimed at eradicating child labor will need to address the broad range of underlying factors that contribute to the incidence of child labor, such as poverty, market imperfections and access to education.

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Paper provided by Göteborg University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers in Economics with number 324.

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Date of creation: 23 Oct 2008
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Handle: RePEc:hhs:gunwpe:0324

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Postal: Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University Box 640, SE 405 30 GÖTEBORG, Sweden
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Keywords: child labor; subsistence poverty; market imperfections; policy instruments;

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D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
O12 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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