Child Labor : Lessons from the Historical Experience of Today's Industrial Economies

Humphries, Janes

Washington, DC:World Bank

关键词: ABANDONED CHILDREN;    ACCOUNT;    ADULT MALE;    ADULT MALES;    AGE GROUP;   

DOI  :  10.1093/wber/lhg016
RP-ID  :  77406

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Child labor was more prevalent in19th-century industrializers than it is in developingcountries today. It was particularly extensive in theearliest industrializers. This pattern may be a source ofoptimism signaling the spread of technologies that havelittle use for child labor and of values that endorse thepreservation and protection of childhood. Today andhistorically, orphaned and fatherless children and those inlarge families are most vulnerable. Efficient interventionsto curb child labor involve fiscal transfers to thesechildren and active policies toward street children. Changesin capitalist labor markets (including technology), familystrategies, state policies, and cultural norms are examinedto shed light on the causes, chronology, and consequences ofchild labor.