Vietnam experienced a dramatic decline
in child labor during the 1990s. The authors explore this
decline in detail and document the heterogeneity across
households in both levels of child labor and in the
incidence of this decline in child labor. The authors find a
strong correlation between living standards improvements and
child labor so that much of the variation in declines in
child labor can be explained by variation in living
standards improvements. Ethnic minority children and the
children of recent migrants appear to remain particularly
vulnerable even by the late 1990s. Children of all
ethnicities in the Central Highlands appear to have missed
many of the improvements in the 1990s, while children in the
rural Mekong and in Provincial Towns have experienced the
largest declines in child labor. The results suggest
embedding efforts against child labor within an overall
antipoverty program. The authors find that the opening or
closing of household enterprises seems to be associated with
increases in child labor. So attention should be devoted to
the activities of children in the government's current
program to stimulate nonfarm enterprises.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Edmonds, Eric,
Turk, Carrie |
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2002-02
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| Subjects: | ADOLESCENTS,
AGE GROUPS,
CHILD LABOR,
CHILD PROSTITUTION,
CHILD PROTECTION,
CHILDHOOD,
CONSENT,
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD,
CURRICULUM,
EDUCATION SERVICES,
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
EMPLOYMENT,
ENROLLMENT,
ENROLLMENT RATES,
FORMAL LABOR MARKET,
GIRLS,
GROSS ENROLLMENT,
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES,
HOURS OF WORK,
LEARNING,
LEGISLATION,
LITERACY,
LIVING STANDARDS,
MINORITY CHILDREN,
MISSING CHILDREN,
MORTALITY,
NET ENROLLMENT,
OCCUPATIONS,
OLDER CHILDREN,
PARENTS,
PARTICIPATION RATES,
POOR CHILDREN,
PRIMARY SCHOOL,
PROSTITUTION,
PROTECTING CHILDREN,
RIGHT OF THE CHILD,
RIGHTS OF CHILDREN,
RURAL AREAS,
SCAVENGING,
SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN,
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT,
SOCIAL SERVICES,
STREET CHILDREN,
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION,
VULNERABLE CHILDREN,
WAGES,
WORKERS,
WORKING CHILDREN,
WORKING CONDITIONS,
WORKING HOURS,
YOUNGER SIBLINGS,
YOUTH CHILD LABOR,
STANDARD OF LIVING,
ETHNIC GROUPS,
MINORITY GROUPS,
MIGRANTS,
VULNERABLE GROUPS,
REGIONAL DISPARITY,
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTIVITY,
NONFARM ENTERPRISES, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1703252/child-labor-transition-vietnam
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15735
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