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Soares, Rodrigo R.; Kruger, Diana; Berthelon, Matias – Journal of Human Resources, 2012
This paper argues that conflicting results from previous literature--related to the effect of economic conditions on child labor--derive from different income and substitution effects implicit in different types of income variation. We use agricultural shocks to local economic activity in Brazil (coffee production) to distinguish between increases…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Labor, Economic Factors, Income
Graitcer, Philip L.; Lerer, Leonard B. – 1998
Child labor remains one of the most controversial challenges at the end of the 20th century. Approximately 250 million children in developing countries work either full- or part-time. Child labor is not confined to less-developed countries, as economic transitions bring shifts in the prevalence and nature of child labor. Throughout the world,…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Child Welfare, Children, Costs