Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam

Vietnam experienced a dramatic decline in child labor during the 1990s. The authors explore this decline in detail and document the heterogeneity across households in both levels of child labor and in the incidence of this decline in child labor. T...

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Main Authors: Edmonds, Eric, Turk, Carrie
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1703252/child-labor-transition-vietnam
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spelling okr-10986-157352021-04-23T14:03:19Z Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam Edmonds, Eric Turk, Carrie ADOLESCENTS AGE GROUPS CHILD LABOR CHILD PROSTITUTION CHILD PROTECTION CHILDHOOD CONSENT CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CURRICULUM EDUCATION SERVICES EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES FORMAL LABOR MARKET GIRLS GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES HOURS OF WORK LEARNING LEGISLATION LITERACY LIVING STANDARDS MINORITY CHILDREN MISSING CHILDREN MORTALITY NET ENROLLMENT OCCUPATIONS OLDER CHILDREN PARENTS PARTICIPATION RATES POOR CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL PROSTITUTION PROTECTING CHILDREN RIGHT OF THE CHILD RIGHTS OF CHILDREN RURAL AREAS SCAVENGING SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES STREET CHILDREN UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION VULNERABLE CHILDREN WAGES WORKERS WORKING CHILDREN WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS YOUNGER SIBLINGS YOUTH CHILD LABOR STANDARD OF LIVING ETHNIC GROUPS MINORITY GROUPS MIGRANTS VULNERABLE GROUPS REGIONAL DISPARITY HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTIVITY NONFARM ENTERPRISES Vietnam experienced a dramatic decline in child labor during the 1990s. The authors explore this decline in detail and document the heterogeneity across households in both levels of child labor and in the incidence of this decline in child labor. The authors find a strong correlation between living standards improvements and child labor so that much of the variation in declines in child labor can be explained by variation in living standards improvements. Ethnic minority children and the children of recent migrants appear to remain particularly vulnerable even by the late 1990s. Children of all ethnicities in the Central Highlands appear to have missed many of the improvements in the 1990s, while children in the rural Mekong and in Provincial Towns have experienced the largest declines in child labor. The results suggest embedding efforts against child labor within an overall antipoverty program. The authors find that the opening or closing of household enterprises seems to be associated with increases in child labor. So attention should be devoted to the activities of children in the government's current program to stimulate nonfarm enterprises. 2013-09-09T20:33:30Z 2013-09-09T20:33:30Z 2002-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1703252/child-labor-transition-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15735 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;2774 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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topic ADOLESCENTS
AGE GROUPS
CHILD LABOR
CHILD PROSTITUTION
CHILD PROTECTION
CHILDHOOD
CONSENT
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
CURRICULUM
EDUCATION SERVICES
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EMPLOYMENT
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATES
FORMAL LABOR MARKET
GIRLS
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES
HOURS OF WORK
LEARNING
LEGISLATION
LITERACY
LIVING STANDARDS
MINORITY CHILDREN
MISSING CHILDREN
MORTALITY
NET ENROLLMENT
OCCUPATIONS
OLDER CHILDREN
PARENTS
PARTICIPATION RATES
POOR CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PROSTITUTION
PROTECTING CHILDREN
RIGHT OF THE CHILD
RIGHTS OF CHILDREN
RURAL AREAS
SCAVENGING
SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL SERVICES
STREET CHILDREN
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
WAGES
WORKERS
WORKING CHILDREN
WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING HOURS
YOUNGER SIBLINGS
YOUTH CHILD LABOR
STANDARD OF LIVING
ETHNIC GROUPS
MINORITY GROUPS
MIGRANTS
VULNERABLE GROUPS
REGIONAL DISPARITY
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTIVITY
NONFARM ENTERPRISES
spellingShingle ADOLESCENTS
AGE GROUPS
CHILD LABOR
CHILD PROSTITUTION
CHILD PROTECTION
CHILDHOOD
CONSENT
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
CURRICULUM
EDUCATION SERVICES
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EMPLOYMENT
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATES
FORMAL LABOR MARKET
GIRLS
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES
HOURS OF WORK
LEARNING
LEGISLATION
LITERACY
LIVING STANDARDS
MINORITY CHILDREN
MISSING CHILDREN
MORTALITY
NET ENROLLMENT
OCCUPATIONS
OLDER CHILDREN
PARENTS
PARTICIPATION RATES
POOR CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PROSTITUTION
PROTECTING CHILDREN
RIGHT OF THE CHILD
RIGHTS OF CHILDREN
RURAL AREAS
SCAVENGING
SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL SERVICES
STREET CHILDREN
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
WAGES
WORKERS
WORKING CHILDREN
WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING HOURS
YOUNGER SIBLINGS
YOUTH CHILD LABOR
STANDARD OF LIVING
ETHNIC GROUPS
MINORITY GROUPS
MIGRANTS
VULNERABLE GROUPS
REGIONAL DISPARITY
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTIVITY
NONFARM ENTERPRISES
Edmonds, Eric
Turk, Carrie
Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Vietnam
relation Policy Research Working Paper;2774
description Vietnam experienced a dramatic decline in child labor during the 1990s. The authors explore this decline in detail and document the heterogeneity across households in both levels of child labor and in the incidence of this decline in child labor. The authors find a strong correlation between living standards improvements and child labor so that much of the variation in declines in child labor can be explained by variation in living standards improvements. Ethnic minority children and the children of recent migrants appear to remain particularly vulnerable even by the late 1990s. Children of all ethnicities in the Central Highlands appear to have missed many of the improvements in the 1990s, while children in the rural Mekong and in Provincial Towns have experienced the largest declines in child labor. The results suggest embedding efforts against child labor within an overall antipoverty program. The authors find that the opening or closing of household enterprises seems to be associated with increases in child labor. So attention should be devoted to the activities of children in the government's current program to stimulate nonfarm enterprises.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Edmonds, Eric
Turk, Carrie
author_facet Edmonds, Eric
Turk, Carrie
author_sort Edmonds, Eric
title Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam
title_short Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam
title_full Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam
title_fullStr Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam
title_sort child labor in transition in vietnam
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1703252/child-labor-transition-vietnam
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15735
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