Why is child labor illegal?
By: by Sylvain Dessy, John Knowles
Contributors: Knowles, John
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2901; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2901
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: Child labor; Law and legislation; Income; Poor
Description: "We present a theory of the emergence of laws restricting child labor or imposing mandatory education that is consistent with the fact that poor parents tend to oppose such laws. We find that if altruistic parents are unable to commit to educating their children, child-labor laws can increase the welfare of higher-income parents in an ex ante sense. On the basis of an empirical analysis of Latin-American household surveys, we demonstrate that per capita income in the country of residence has the predicted effect on child labor supply, even after controlling for other household characteristics"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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