Child Labor : A Normative Perspective

Examining child labor through the lenses of weak agency, distributive inequality, and harm suggests that not all work performed by children is equally morally objectionable. Some work, especially work that does not interfere with or undermine their health or education, may allow children to develop skills they need to become well-functioning adults and broaden their future opportunities. Other work, including child prostitution and bonded labor, is unambiguously detrimental to children. Eliminating these forms of child labor should be the highest priority. Blanket bans on all child labor may drive families to choose even worse options for their children, however. Moreover, child labor is often a symptom of other problems poverty, inadequate education systems, discrimination within families, ethnic conflicts, inadequately protected human rights, weak democratic institutions that will not be eliminated by banning child labor.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Satz, Debra
Format:	Journal Article biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2003-05
Subjects:	ACCOUNT, ARMED CONFLICT, BASIC EDUCATION, BONDED LABOR, BONDED LABORERS, CAREGIVERS, CHILD EDUCATION, CHILD LABOR, CHILD LABOUR, CHILD PROSTITUTION, CHILDHOOD, CONSENT, CUSTODY, DEBT BONDAGE, DISABILITIES, DISCRIMINATION, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL EQUITY, EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE, FAMILIES, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMILY STRUCTURES, FEMALE, FORMAL EDUCATION, GENDER, GENDER BIAS, GENDER DISPARITIES, GENDER EQUITY, GIRLS, HOME, HOMES, HUMAN RIGHTS, INEQUALITIES, INEQUALITY, INTERVENTIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, LAWS, LEGAL RIGHTS, LEGISLATION, LITERACY, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, NUMERACY, OLDER CHILDREN, PARENTAL ABUSE, PARENTS, POOR CHILDREN, PORNOGRAPHY, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIVATE EDUCATION, PROSTITUTION, PROTECTING CHILDREN, RIGHTS OF CHILDREN, RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, SANCTIONS, SCHOOLING, SLAVERY, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOLDIERS, TEACHERS, TUITION, UNIVERSAL EDUCATION, VERY YOUNG CHILDREN, WAGES, WILL, WORKING CHILDREN, YOUNGER CHILDREN,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/17741859/child-labor-normative-perspective https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17180
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