Gender Dimensions of Child Labor and Street Children in Brazil
The authors review child labor and the situation of street children in Brazil from a gender perspective. Relying primarily on Brazil's national household survey for 1996, the authors examine various dimensions of child labor by gender, includi...
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okr-10986-192282021-04-23T14:03:42Z Gender Dimensions of Child Labor and Street Children in Brazil Gustafsson-Wright, Emily Pyne, Hnin Hnin ABUSE ACCIDENTS ACCOUNT ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENTS ADULTHOOD ARMED CONFLICT ASBESTOS BEGGING CHILD LABOR CHILD WAGES CHILDREN IN THE STREET CHILDREN UNDER AGE CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD DEBT BONDAGE DIGNITY DISCRIMINATION DOMESTIC CHORES DOMESTIC LABOR DOMESTIC SERVICE DOMESTIC WORKERS DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUGS ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOR EMPLOYMENT FAMILIES GIRLS HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES INJURIES INTERVENTION INVESTIGATION ISOLATION LIFTING LIVING CONDITIONS MENTAL HEALTH MORAL DEVELOPMENT MORBIDITY MORTALITY OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES PARENTS PORNOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCES PRIMARY SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROSTITUTION PROTECTION OF CHILDREN PUBLIC HEALTH RIGHTS OF CHILDREN RISK OF ACCIDENTS RISK OF EXPOSURE RURAL BOYS RURAL GIRLS SAFETY SCHOOLS SEX SEXUAL COERCION SEXUAL HARASSMENT SIBLINGS SLAVERY SOCIAL NORMS STREET CHILDREN TOBACCO TREATIES VIOLENCE WAGES WORKING CHILDREN WORKING CONDITIONS YOUTH YOUTH POPULATION CHILD LABOR LAWS STREET CHILDREN GENDER ISSUES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS EDUCATIONAL LEVEL LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS GENDER DIFFERENCES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH IMPACTS SEX DIFFERENCES DRUG TRAFFIC PROSTITUTION STREET VENDORS SEX DISTRIBUTION COLLECTION ACTIVITIES SCHOOL ENROLLMENT EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT CONSTRUCTION MINIMUM INCOME TARGETED ASSISTANCE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS HAZARDOUS ACTIVITIES INTERVENTION STRATEGIES YOUTH POPULATION CHILD LABOR LAWS The authors review child labor and the situation of street children in Brazil from a gender perspective. Relying primarily on Brazil's national household survey for 1996, the authors examine various dimensions of child labor by gender, including participation, intensity, and type of activities; the relationship between child labor, education, and future earnings; and the risks of child labor to health and well-being. They also summarize approaches to prevent and eliminate child labor and street children in Brazil. The authors find that more boys than girls work in Brazil especially in rural areas where boys are concentrated in the agricultural sector, that many children both work and attend school, and that girls attain higher levels of education than boys on average, even when considering number of hours worked. The exception is the 11-14 category. They also find that an individual's earnings are correlated with age of entry into the labor market. The earlier a child begins to work, the lower his or her earnings. And girls are more adversely affected by early labor force entry than boys, with the gender differential increasing the earlier a child begins to work. Taking poverty as the primary contributor to child labor, government programs to combat child labor are well designed in that they compensate families for a child's foregone earnings and address family factors that lead to poverty. However, programs could be improved by explicitly considering the gender dimensions of child labor. The authors point to the need for analysis of the impact of child labor on health, and specifically to the gender and sex-differentiated impacts. They suggest the need to address gender in intervention strategies for street children, as well as research on child labor in domestic service where girls are overrepresented. 2014-08-01T20:00:55Z 2014-08-01T20:00:55Z 2002-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2028952/gender-dimensions-child-labor-street-children-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19228 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2897 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Brazil |
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ABUSE ACCIDENTS ACCOUNT ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENTS ADULTHOOD ARMED CONFLICT ASBESTOS BEGGING CHILD LABOR CHILD WAGES CHILDREN IN THE STREET CHILDREN UNDER AGE CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD DEBT BONDAGE DIGNITY DISCRIMINATION DOMESTIC CHORES DOMESTIC LABOR DOMESTIC SERVICE DOMESTIC WORKERS DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUGS ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOR EMPLOYMENT FAMILIES GIRLS HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES INJURIES INTERVENTION INVESTIGATION ISOLATION LIFTING LIVING CONDITIONS MENTAL HEALTH MORAL DEVELOPMENT MORBIDITY MORTALITY OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES PARENTS PORNOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCES PRIMARY SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROSTITUTION PROTECTION OF CHILDREN PUBLIC HEALTH RIGHTS OF CHILDREN RISK OF ACCIDENTS RISK OF EXPOSURE RURAL BOYS RURAL GIRLS SAFETY SCHOOLS SEX SEXUAL COERCION SEXUAL HARASSMENT SIBLINGS SLAVERY SOCIAL NORMS STREET CHILDREN TOBACCO TREATIES VIOLENCE WAGES WORKING CHILDREN WORKING CONDITIONS YOUTH YOUTH POPULATION CHILD LABOR LAWS STREET CHILDREN GENDER ISSUES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS EDUCATIONAL LEVEL LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS GENDER DIFFERENCES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH IMPACTS SEX DIFFERENCES DRUG TRAFFIC PROSTITUTION STREET VENDORS SEX DISTRIBUTION COLLECTION ACTIVITIES SCHOOL ENROLLMENT EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT CONSTRUCTION MINIMUM INCOME TARGETED ASSISTANCE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS HAZARDOUS ACTIVITIES INTERVENTION STRATEGIES YOUTH POPULATION CHILD LABOR LAWS |
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ABUSE ACCIDENTS ACCOUNT ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENTS ADULTHOOD ARMED CONFLICT ASBESTOS BEGGING CHILD LABOR CHILD WAGES CHILDREN IN THE STREET CHILDREN UNDER AGE CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD DEBT BONDAGE DIGNITY DISCRIMINATION DOMESTIC CHORES DOMESTIC LABOR DOMESTIC SERVICE DOMESTIC WORKERS DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUGS ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOR EMPLOYMENT FAMILIES GIRLS HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES INJURIES INTERVENTION INVESTIGATION ISOLATION LIFTING LIVING CONDITIONS MENTAL HEALTH MORAL DEVELOPMENT MORBIDITY MORTALITY OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES PARENTS PORNOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCES PRIMARY SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROSTITUTION PROTECTION OF CHILDREN PUBLIC HEALTH RIGHTS OF CHILDREN RISK OF ACCIDENTS RISK OF EXPOSURE RURAL BOYS RURAL GIRLS SAFETY SCHOOLS SEX SEXUAL COERCION SEXUAL HARASSMENT SIBLINGS SLAVERY SOCIAL NORMS STREET CHILDREN TOBACCO TREATIES VIOLENCE WAGES WORKING CHILDREN WORKING CONDITIONS YOUTH YOUTH POPULATION CHILD LABOR LAWS STREET CHILDREN GENDER ISSUES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS EDUCATIONAL LEVEL LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS GENDER DIFFERENCES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH IMPACTS SEX DIFFERENCES DRUG TRAFFIC PROSTITUTION STREET VENDORS SEX DISTRIBUTION COLLECTION ACTIVITIES SCHOOL ENROLLMENT EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT CONSTRUCTION MINIMUM INCOME TARGETED ASSISTANCE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS HAZARDOUS ACTIVITIES INTERVENTION STRATEGIES YOUTH POPULATION CHILD LABOR LAWS Gustafsson-Wright, Emily Pyne, Hnin Hnin Gender Dimensions of Child Labor and Street Children in Brazil |
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Latin America & Caribbean Brazil |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2897 |
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The authors review child labor and the
situation of street children in Brazil from a gender
perspective. Relying primarily on Brazil's national
household survey for 1996, the authors examine various
dimensions of child labor by gender, including
participation, intensity, and type of activities; the
relationship between child labor, education, and future
earnings; and the risks of child labor to health and
well-being. They also summarize approaches to prevent and
eliminate child labor and street children in Brazil. The
authors find that more boys than girls work in Brazil
especially in rural areas where boys are concentrated in the
agricultural sector, that many children both work and attend
school, and that girls attain higher levels of education
than boys on average, even when considering number of hours
worked. The exception is the 11-14 category. They also find
that an individual's earnings are correlated with age
of entry into the labor market. The earlier a child begins
to work, the lower his or her earnings. And girls are more
adversely affected by early labor force entry than boys,
with the gender differential increasing the earlier a child
begins to work. Taking poverty as the primary contributor to
child labor, government programs to combat child labor are
well designed in that they compensate families for a
child's foregone earnings and address family factors
that lead to poverty. However, programs could be improved by
explicitly considering the gender dimensions of child labor.
The authors point to the need for analysis of the impact of
child labor on health, and specifically to the gender and
sex-differentiated impacts. They suggest the need to address
gender in intervention strategies for street children, as
well as research on child labor in domestic service where
girls are overrepresented. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Gustafsson-Wright, Emily Pyne, Hnin Hnin |
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Gustafsson-Wright, Emily Pyne, Hnin Hnin |
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Gustafsson-Wright, Emily |
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Gender Dimensions of Child Labor and Street Children in Brazil |
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Gender Dimensions of Child Labor and Street Children in Brazil |
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Gender Dimensions of Child Labor and Street Children in Brazil |
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Gender Dimensions of Child Labor and Street Children in Brazil |
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Gender Dimensions of Child Labor and Street Children in Brazil |
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gender dimensions of child labor and street children in brazil |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2028952/gender-dimensions-child-labor-street-children-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19228 |
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