In recent years, there has been an astonishing proliferation of empirical work on child labor.
An Econlit search of keywords “child lab* r” reveals a total of 6 peer reviewed journal articles …

El presente artículo presenta los resultados de una revisión sistemática de la literatura que
analiza uno de los fenómenos más complejos del mercado laboral: el trabajo infantil. El …

The paper brings together the abundant and somewhat anarchic literature on child labor,
isolating its central findings and analytical insights. The investigation is especially directed at …

Between 1996 and 2003, the Peruvian government issued property titles to over 1.2 million
urban households, the largest titling program targeted at urban squatters in the develo** …

This article is motivated by the remarkable observation that children of land-rich households
are often more likely to be in work than the children of land-poor households. The vast …

The problem of child labor has moved from a matter of regional and national concern to one
of international debate and possible global persuasion and policy intervention. In crafting …

Rights and Wrongs of Children's Work, authored by an interdisciplinary team of experts,
incorporates recent theoretical advances and experiences to explore the place of labor in …

Poor women with children in Ecuador were selected at random for a cash transfer that is less
than 20 percent of median child labor earnings. Poor families with children in school at the …

This study sheds some light on the causes of child labor using crosscountry empirical data.
We find that while poverty is the main cause of child labor in rural areas, there is a general …

Using data from Peru and Pakistan, this article tests two hypotheses: there is a positive
association between hours of child labor and poverty, and there is a negative association …