Child Labor Across the Developing World : Patterns and Correlations

The aim of this study is two-fold. First, based on summary data at the country-level for an unusually large set of developing countries originally obtained from household sample surveys conducted between 1993 and 2003, the authors construct a detailed profile of child economic activity and child labor, attempting, wherever the data permit, to identify similarities and differences across regions and between genders. Second, they link the country-level data on child economic activity and child labor to country-level indicators of the state of economic and social development in the same time period in order to (1) ascertain if cross-country correlations previously identified in the literature are found in the data, and (2) illumine other possible correlations that may exist. As part of this exercise, the authors examine one important relationship that has thus far not been directly investigated in the literature, namely, the cross-country correlation between child labor, agriculture, and poverty.

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Main Authors: Fares, Jean, Raju, Dhushyanth
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-02
Subjects:ACCOUNT, ADAPTATION, ADJUSTMENT, ADULT ILLITERACY, ADULT ILLITERACY RATE, ATTENTION, CHILD LABOR, CHILD LABOR FORCE, CHILD LABOUR, CHILD WORKERS, COSTS OF EDUCATION, DECISION MAKING, DISTRIBUTION OF CHILDREN, ENROLLMENT, EXAMS, GENDER, GENDER DIFFERENCE, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER DISPARITIES, GENDER DISPARITY, GENDER GAP, GIRLS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERVENTIONS, LATIN AMERICAN, LIVING STANDARDS, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA, PARENTS, PARTICIPATION RATES, PROSTITUTION, RETURNS TO EDUCATION, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOLING, SLAVERY, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE, WORKING CHILDREN, YOUTH,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7346682/child-labor-across-developing-world-patterns-correlations
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7150
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