Child Labor: Causes and Consequences
Channel: PEP
Date: 2021-06-29

Development Economics Skills Webinar - Child Labor: Causes and Consequences

This seminar provides a broad overview of the topic child labor, covering history, definition, statistics, theoretical model, causes and consequences of child labor and policies to mitigate the problem.

Learn about what is child labor and why it is important to address this topic, as well as the factors responsible for children's entrance into the job market and the consequences of this early labor participation. Understand how institutions act to prevent and/or decrease the number of children working as well as the policies adopted to mitigate the problem. 

Find out more about this series: www.pep-net.org/webinar-series-development-economics-skills