Important determinants of child labor: a case study for Lahore
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2013
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American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Inc.
Abstract
Child labor is a persistent problem both for developing
and developed countries. Academic literature holds a household
responsible for this phenomenon where poverty, literacy level, and
the de facto demography are considered important. A factor model
is attempted in this study to investigate dynamics of child labor in a
society in terms of these household characteristics. The model reveals
that household-poverty-driven factors are the most serious while
the household demography is the second most serious factor in the
dynamics of child labor in Lahore. Shockingly, household literacy
does not have any role to play, at least not in Lahore. The results will
help policymakers to work in the domain of poverty to mitigate child
labor, and also urge them to align societal factors, which shape
household demography.
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Child Labor, Case Study, Management
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American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 72 (1), 199-221, January, 2013