The Dark Side of Batteries: Child Labor and Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Keywords
Lithium-ion Batteries; Cobalt Mining; Child Labour;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
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