The Policy Analysis of Child Labor
Subtitle: A Comparative Study
Contributors: Christiaan Grootaert (Editor); Harry Anthony Patrinos (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: July 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780312221225
Subjects: Employment Of Youth; Labor And The State; Business & Economics; Politics / Current Events; Business/Economics; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations; Labor; Labor & Employment; Case studies; Child labor; Developing countries; Government policy; Labor laws and legislation; Law and legislation
First sentence: Child labor is prevalent in the developing world, but estimates of its magnitude vary widely.
Description: "The Policy Analysis of Child Labor examines the conditions that lead to child labor in four countries and uses the findings to recommend a new policy approach toward its eradication. This policy would begin by increasing legal and social protection for working children and adding school time to child work routines. In the second phase, when parents' income constraints have been lessened, the policy would shift the work-school combination toward schooling only.

Their policy also calls for joint provision of support to home enterprises and enrollment incentives - especially for girls."--BOOK JACKET.